Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong

Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by leoc on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:47PM (#38874291)

It’s all admittedly a somewhat handwaving discussion, but in ‘systems programming’ ‘systems’ is generally understood to be opposite to ‘applications’, not ‘scripts’.

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by randomdata on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:52PM (#38874334)

All software is application. That’s what software is for!

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by bmicraft on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:27PM (#38874596)

I wouldn't consider a driver an application

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by randomdata on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:30PM (#38874620)

application: the action of putting something into operation

What's a driver if not something that carries out an action of putting something (an electronic device, typically) into operation?

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by kazinator on Friday January 05, 2024 @01:59AM (#38876517)

We live in an age in which a PC running an OS, which has drivers in it, is something that can be done by Javascript in a browser.

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