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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by insanitybit on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:17AM (#36431702)
> But that would not explain NodeJS, JavaScript for embedded microcontrollers, and so many more.

I'm only going to address NodeJS because I think that niche projects that target niche workloads are just unrelated.

I believe it does explain NodeJS. The idea is simple - your frontend engineers can own your edge services/ APIs. They're already heavily invested in JS and, at least at one point, there was a theory that unifying languages across frontend + edge made sense for other reasons.

Some people really just learn one language.

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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by jacobyoder on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:21AM (#36432596)
> Some people really just learn one language.

I think that's a gross oversimplification. My colleagues know JavaScript, TypeScript and ECMAScript, as well as YAML, HTML and CSS.

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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by insanitybit on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:28PM (#36434635)
I'm not trying to be mean but are you being sarcastic? I... can't tell...
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Re:Microsoft rewrote Q# compiler in Rust by jacobyoder on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:52AM (#36479083)
At this point, I can't really tell either.
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