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Re:Will Hare replace C? Or Rust? Or Zig? Or anything else? by capableweb on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @09:47AM (#31248246)
In Hare's defense, not every programming language needs to target every runtime/OS/environment.

JavaScript only targets the browser. Shaders usually targets one graphic runtime. Maybe there is a space for a language that just targets a few OSes, or even just one? Remember that both C# and Swift initially just targeted one platform, so maybe it does makes sense to now have one OSS language for OSS nerds.

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Re:Will Hare replace C? Or Rust? Or Zig? Or anything else? by signaleleven on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @10:15AM (#31248566)
While that was true for years, Node.js has made JavaScript viable on the server for quite a while. But I agree with your overall point. I think JS and C# are good examples of languages that were seen as valuable enough to start using in other environments. I love C#.
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