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

[chris]

On 04/08/22 13:30, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article<t2nn0k$rns$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
> chris<chris-nospam at tridac.net>  wrote:
>> Far too much of an academic attitude.
>
> Sounds like one of those "ad hominem on the sly" things you
> were talking about.

Not an insult. We need the academics to do the research, but it's
the engineers who have to translate the theory into usable product,
where possible.

>
>> It's an imperfect world and
>> in real life, systems get designed and built within the constraints
>> of available tech of the day. Usually too much risk in working at
>> the bleeding edge of tech, especially with unproven tools.
>
> Static typing is not an "unproven tool".
>
> 	- Dan C.
>

Don't remember discussing static typing at all...

Chris