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Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ by theshrike79 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:21AM (#34591907)
That "green field" is pretty sure only done because all the fields next to it are made of COBOL.

If they truly have a green field to develop on, nobody will pick COBOL.

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Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ by jacquesm on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:33AM (#34593516)
Ah, the 'no true green Scotsman' argument ;)
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Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ by theshrike79 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:18AM (#34593780)
See also the ton of "No True C++man" arguments in this thread :)

Yes, modern C++ may be pretty good, but how many people actually get to write it instead of sticking with the tried and true ye olde versions actually in the codebase.

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