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Re:Zig Zen Update on Saturday June 06, 2026 @06:04AM (#48423296)
I don't see how Zig will ever contend with Odin, Jai, C3 and others when they drive away half of the prospective users with activism.
Re:Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @02:47PM (#47938767)
What are good alternatives?
How anyone could trust OpenSnitch is beyond me.
Re:Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives? on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:38PM (#47619173)
The EU are the ones freezing people's bank accounts and cancelling everyone they don't like, sanctioning people countries for not being woke enough, etc. I'd much rather use US based services or self-hosting.
Re:Cory Doctorow: "centaurs" and "reverse-centaurs" on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:20PM (#45251568)
I have a hard time taking extremists seriously, regardless what side they're on.
I can live with "this::that", but what drives me bonkers is "this :: that", which is what Odin does. Other than that, Odin is an incredible language.
Re:Ask HN: A retrofitted C dialect? on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @01:49PM (#43175747)
This is a dream come true. Please do it, for the love of mankind.
It's unbelievable that Trump has managed to facilitate this before he even steps into office. It is a brutal display of power, but that is sometimes needed, just like when a parent needs to intervene in a conflict between children.
Re:Zig's Comptime Is Bonkers Good on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @11:27AM (#42624193)
Zig is alright, but Odin is amazing.
Re:Understanding the Odin Programming Language on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:24PM (#42390959)
Just follow Andrew Kelley on whatever platform he hasn't ragequit from these days.
Re:Understanding the Odin Programming Language on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:15PM (#42390852)
No, the "C community" and creators aren't making a political stance on things at all. Lua doesn't either. The Zig creator is very outspoken on political matters.
Re:Understanding the Odin Programming Language on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:55AM (#42388329)
The Zig-community is annoyingly political, whereas the Odin community and -creator focuses on technology.
Re:Rust in QEMU Roadmap on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @02:19PM (#42310109)
"as productive as Ruby or Python"

So you basically never have to worry about lifetimes or memory management or the borrow checker? Because that would be a prerequisite for it to be as productive as Python.

I'd love to see a seasoned Python developer and a seasoned Rust developer comparing the time they spend to solve e.g. Advent of Code. I bet the Python dev would solve it at least ten times faster (developer time, not execution time).

Re:Who Is Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky? on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:28PM (#42267055)
Weird, I created an account for a family member last evening, and I didn't see anything racist at all. Without following anyone I only saw ads and some tweets by Elon Musk.
What is antirez doing these days? His github history suddenly dropped to zero it seems.
Re:Show HN: I removed politics from Twitter with AI on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:50AM (#41538459)
I would love to have a feature like that.
Re:Ask HN: Did you regret staying at a job for too long? on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @09:40AM (#41379407)
Absolutely. I wasted 6 years writing C++ and being miserable.
My favorite MUD is definitely Midnight Sun II. It's one of the MUDs in the selection you get when you start Mudlet from mudlet.org, which is an excellent/modern client.