Re:Fleece: A super-fast, compact, JSON-equivalent binary dat...
by paulddraper on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @05:45PM
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FWIW the README is excellent. Background, goals, and comparisons.
Also lol
> Q: Why didn't you write this in $NEW_LANGUAGE instead of crufty C++?
> A: I probably should have! $NEW_LANGUAGE is deservedly attracting a lot of attention for its combination of safety, readable syntax, and support for modern programming paradigms. I've been trying out $NEW_LANGUAGE and want to write more code in it. But for this I chose C++ because it's supported on all platforms, lots of people know how to use it, and it still supports high-level abstractions (unlike C.)
Also lol
> Q: Why didn't you write this in $NEW_LANGUAGE instead of crufty C++?
> A: I probably should have! $NEW_LANGUAGE is deservedly attracting a lot of attention for its combination of safety, readable syntax, and support for modern programming paradigms. I've been trying out $NEW_LANGUAGE and want to write more code in it. But for this I chose C++ because it's supported on all platforms, lots of people know how to use it, and it still supports high-level abstractions (unlike C.)