[Info-vax] Safer programming languages (and walking :-) ), was: Re: 8-bit characters

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-11-14, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 11/14/2021 5:05 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-11-14, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> One really doesn't need a language or compiler to get in the way of what needs
>>> to be done.
>> 
>> There is a move towards more safe languages for systems programming.
>> 
>> The current fashion, Rust, has horrible syntax, and I have no confidence
>> that code written in it today will still compile on the Rust compilers
>> of 5 to 10 years from now, but its use is being driven by the desire
>> for using safer languages.
>> 
>> When Rust falls out of fashion, it would be nice if whatever follows
>> Rust would address both of those problems.
>
> Rust seems to be getting some traction.
>

Unfortunately so. I like the concepts and desire to move to safer
languages but I find the Rust syntax itself ugly. People seem to
have forgotten that you write the code once (hopefully!) but then
read it many times.

> With Mozilla, Microsoft and Linux kernel adding Rust code and
> with Google and Amazon also backing it, then it may be difficult
> to fall out of fashion.
>

I wonder how many of them were major fans of Ruby and Ruby on Rails
before that environment and language were suddenly no longer fashionable ?

Simon.

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