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Re:Announcing Rust 1.20 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:01PM (#15143880)
It is still safer than c, as it will not allow any segfaults. The only thing that can happen is a runtime error but no memory corruption so it is more akin to say Java or Go
Re:How I Built a Side Project on Friday January 08, 2016 @11:05AM (#10865811)
Scaleway seem to be out of stock now, for a few months already. They don't accept new customers
Re:Using D and std.ndslice as a Numpy Replacement on Sunday January 03, 2016 @04:37AM (#10830062)
I would say the biggest benefit of D is static typing. In Julia you can run a simulation and discover only after half an hour that you misspelled a function
Re:A Quick Comparison of Nim vs. Rust on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @01:56AM (#8884747)
Optional gc is tricky, as you would need all libraries written this way