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

[Dan Cross]

In article <t2nklj$1vvk$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
chris  <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>On 04/07/22 20:17, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article<jb8gsmF6ugqU1 at mid.individual.net>,
>> Bill Gunshannon<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On 4/6/22 22:43, plugh wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's a car analogy: do you want to change a tire using a power tool or good ol' muscles?
>>>
>>> You better learn how to do it with "good ol' muscles" because
>>> when you get that flat at 2AM in the middle of nowhere there
>>> will be  no power tool to do it for you.
>>
>> This is missing the point of the analogy.
>>
>> We're purporting ourselves to be professionals here, correct?
>> In a professional automotive shop, what's more likely: they've
>> got a set of professional-quality power tools for quickly
>> removing lug nuts, or they're out there with a wrench all the
>> time?  Even in the cases where the power tool isn't appropriate
>> (or fails) a professional garage is going to have high quality
>> tools and know how to use them appropriate for the job at hand.
>>
>> Some poor slob changing a tire on the side of the road is more
>> analogous to an amateur or hobby programmer.
>
>I would prefer the simplest technology as backup, as that is
>less likely to fail than a more complex solution.

Note where I wrote, "Even in the cases where the power tool
isn't appropriate (or fails) a professional garage is going to
have high quality tools and know how to use them appropriate
for the job at hand."

>For wheel
>change, that means a manual jack, wheel brace or spanner
>and foot pump, which I always keep in the car.

Again, this misses the context.  We're not talking about what
you keep in your car for the occasional flat tire.  We're
talking about what a professional automotive shop uses on a
daily basis.

>Only needed
>once a flood anyway, so the simpler and more space saving
>the better. Must be the practical engineer in me, less is
>more etc...

But the "only needed once a flood anyway" case isn't the
interesting thing in this case.  The analogy is related to tools
for professionals, not folks who have in the trunk for the very
rare occasional breakdown.

	- Dan C.