Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

On 9/24/24 4:01 AM, D wrote:

  On Tue, 24 Sep 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

On 9/21/24 8:03 AM, Farley Flud wrote:

Rust is laughable garbage.
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Some jerk at Mozilla cobbles some shit together and it ends
up impressing his co-workers, all network "programmers" who
are the lowest of the low.

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 Look ... 'Rust' is really no better, or worse, than
 a LOT of existing computer languages. If you LIKE
 its vibe, USE it. If not, DON'T
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 Python wasn't always popular. Took time to build
 a real following.
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 Me, I'd rather use 'C' ... which was a brand new
 language when I got into computers - it was the
 Cool New Thing on PDP-11s. However the syntax IS,
 and especially can be MADE, a bit obscure. More
 'obvious', 'self-documenting' langs DO have an
 advantage.
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 Still have my K&R 'C' book - and stick pretty
 much TOO it. I'd also rec "Algorithms in 'C'"
 by Sedgewick. STILL consult that.
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 But my #1 fave is still Pascal. Poetry  :-)
 Thank you professor Wirth !
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 Oh, "network programming" is HARD ... those people
 are NOT the "lowest of the low" by any means. The
 whole Modern World depends on them.
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 But then you're just trying to start flames,
 aren't you ? Try being more productive.
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 Hey, want "Real Computing" ? Try FORTRAN
 or COBOL. THOSE were the foundation and
 persist to this day. Wrote a FORTRAN app
 just a couple of years ago - mostly to vex
 the New Guys. Also a short COBOL app, that
 oughtta REALLY give 'em the shits !  :-)
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 Messages like this give me the vibe of an old distinguished professor writing. These types of messages tend to completely melt the troll in me. ;)

   Well, I *was* the Old Guy ... and noted that those
   moving in to be my replacements knew almost SHIT
   about programming/systems. THEIR 'fix' is to go
   Office-365 Online stuff. That way they don't need
   to KNOW dick except how to pay the bill - and
   nothing is THEIR fault.
   I came in when you could hardly buy ANY software,
   or appropriate hardware for that matter. Spent a
   lot of time with a soldering iron and 8051/PIC/logic
   chips to get the Desired Results. Such fun using
   DDL to expand interrupt-pin functionality. DigiKey
   and Tandy got a LOT of money from me  :-)
   THEN you had to be a jack-of-all-trades, NOW you
   just Charge It to M$ and hope for the best. That's
   what "IT" means now. NOT for the best. Vlad's boyz
   WILL destroy it and the world will STOP.