[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Dan Cross]

In article <t2ilf1$18mj$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
chris  <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>I think the point is that languages take time to evolve and the path
>can be unstable until there is enough critical mass to produce a fully
>documented and standard version. I would expect that to take a decade
>or more. No good for serious work without that professionalism. Toy
>and experimental otherwise.

Java doesn't have a "standard" in the sense described here, but
much as I don't care for it as a language I'd be hard pressed to
describe it as a "toy" or "no good for serious work."

>That's the great thing about C, so old now that all the real
>issues have been thrashed out...

That's definitely not true.  Those of us who follow the current
C standardization efforts see lots of things that are far from
settled.

	- Dan C.