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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/15/21 1:51 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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 ?
> 

Makes one wonder why Safe C was never developed further.  :-)

bill