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

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On Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 9:09:08 AM UTC-7, Dave Froble wrote:
> Perhaps "excellent practitioners" choose to stick with what they know and are 
> competent with so as to avoid mistakes with something "new and better". 

There's always a learning curve. I'm pretty sure you didn't deploy a production version of your first Basic program 
> 
> I have caught some flack from some here for choosing to not always declare 
> variables. I feel that such a practice is safe, if care and tools to verify 
> some things are in use. The opinions of others are just that, opinions, and 
> subjective. 

Proof isn't subjective. That's the nice thing about rigor. 
>
> I do find that the better the definition of the task, the fewer mistakes occur.

Agreed.