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Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where... by tialaramex on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:14PM (#40444155)
> which is going to be incredibly slow.

"Faster but wrong" isn't really faster it's just wrong.

> That code doesn't appear to be sequential from other threads is not the language's fault. It's just a fact of reality.

What other threads? In a sequential programming language we certainly can't have "other threads".

> You can still write "sequential programs" like it's K&R.

"You can just not use the bits you don't like" is how we got C++ dialects that C++ proponents love to pretend don't exist. If the language is "simple" except for all the new bits that are complicated it's not simple.

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Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where... by jstimpfle on Thursday May 23, 2024 @05:17AM (#40452406)
With all 3 of these quotes and replies I feel completely misunderstood. I'm not at all trying to say the things that you're contradicting with. Won't engage anymore, but maybe you can reevaluate.
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