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Re:Swift as C++ Successor in FoundationDB [video] on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:31PM (#38450861)
Oh no, why not Rust? Why not use the safe language?
Re:ZX Spectrum BASIC interpreter written in Kotlin on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:01AM (#38430438)
You should learn Rust.
If you like tab groups, try Arc.
Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest...
There are many other good Chromium-based web browsers. Arc, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi...
Re:Cobalt: Save What You Love on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:25PM (#38426221)
Interesting tool! Does it get around rate limiting?
Re:Fish – Update on the Rust Port on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:04PM (#38425022)
It does.

With Go, it would have worked out of the box on all the targets Go can support.

Re:Fish – Update on the Rust Port on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:29PM (#38424715)
So, what new features do we get from that? Except that it doesn't work on Windows any more?
Re:Sqids – Generate Short Unique IDs from Numbers on Saturday November 25, 2023 @03:18PM (#38416346)
I didn't think of that, but this is a nice trick!
Re:Botlib: C Telegram bot framework on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:35PM (#38409574)
I was expected the usual idiotic comment from a troll that had to mention "Rust" for no good reason, but not that fast.
Maybe not intentional.

Virtually everybody is using an engine based on Webkit or Blink these days. This is naturally what websites are optimized for.

Re:Roc – A fast, friendly, functional language on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:37AM (#38349554)
Can't be better than Rust.
Re:RustGPT: ChatGPT UI Built with Rust, Htmx, SQLite on Monday November 20, 2023 @09:44AM (#38349009)
When there's a programming language in the project name and it's not a library, it's not a good sign. It means that there was nothing interesting worth mentioning.
Why not Bun ?