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Re:D Programming Language by nurettin on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:41AM (#46986725)
> block scoped opt-out with cowboy-style manual memory management

Is this a Walter Bright alt? I've seen him use the cowboy programmer term a few times on the forum before.

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Re:D Programming Language by tmtvl on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:22AM (#46987400)
The term 'Cowboy coder' has been around for some time. Everybody's favourite unreliable source of knowledge has issues dating back to 2011: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_coding>
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Re:D Programming Language by pjmlp on Friday February 13, 2026 @03:44AM (#47000472)
This was already a thing in Usenet days, an example from 1998

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.lisp/c/tfzX3Sq96Xk/m/0...

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Re:D Programming Language by arcadia_leak on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:50AM (#46986801)
Yeah, I just saw his posts too and picked up the term :)
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Re:D Programming Language by keybored on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:52AM (#46987186)
It makes sense for someone who has read about D to pick up on Bright phrasing.
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