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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by kelseyfrog on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:05AM (#44394069)
You can simply scroll down in this very comments section to find folks arguing about the performance characteristics of various languages in the context of making claims about their benefits. Res ipsa loquitur
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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by eviks on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:11AM (#44394102)
That's simple indeed, but also simply wrong. Reality of actually written apps is a way more important factor than such comments, and in that reality the cult of performance is tiny, not crowding out everything else
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