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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by sudodude on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:40PM (#36427404)
I think that's just entrenchment at work. When the majority of your developers only know x languages, and one of them is always js, you tend to work by the lowest comments denominator and the tools that everyone can work with are the ones that stick.
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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by Turskarama on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:45PM (#36427795)
That's true, and I also think it's a mistake.

Any decent developer can become competent with a new language in a matter of weeks, whereas making a large application with the wrong choice of language and tooling can become a maintenance nightmare. Given how difficult it is to verify JavaScript programs as "correct", its use on the server has always riled me up.

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