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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by b20000 on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:26PM (#31126845)
why do you guys use Caml?
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by cgaebel on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:53PM (#31127197)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1CmGbOGb2I
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by b20000 on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:10PM (#31127394)
that seems to be a presentation about language features. I'm mostly interested in the business reasons for using the language within what jane street does, and how the language offers a competitive advantage and why it is "good enough" for the highly competitive HFT landscape they work in.
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by brobinson on Friday April 22, 2022 @06:56PM (#31129250)
The language features are the competitive advantage.
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by nesarkvechnep on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:56PM (#31127254)
Because Java is not the be-all and end-all.
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by b20000 on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:08PM (#31127378)
why use java when you have c++?
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Re:Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is... by ARandomerDude on Friday April 22, 2022 @05:22PM (#31128334)
So you can use Clojure. ;-)
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