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Re:Everything that uses configuration files should report wh... by yawboakye on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:00AM (#36468886)
i wonder whether our current strong compile-time/runtime distinction can support this. it may be slightly easier for interpreted and vm-based languages but i’m not sure we can have it more broadly.

lately i’ve been playing with prolog and revisiting computer science/computer programming before imperative languages drew a curtain on innovation and i think we have lost a lot. our modern programming isn’t the programming the founders had in mind, it seems.

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Re:Everything that uses configuration files should report wh... by cmrdporcupine on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:13AM (#36469056)
I think it could be done for Rust
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Re:Everything that uses configuration files should report wh... by marcosdumay on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:45AM (#36469430)
Compiled languages absolutely can support this.

But imperative ones create a bit of a problem. Nothing impossible to deal with, but it becomes harder.

But any choice of language, the OS can enforce it too, and maybe in a much easier way than messing with your language.

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