On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:06 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
| From: ted leslie via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
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I spend most of my programming time in C. The next language I intend to use is Rust. I like its ideas but proof of the pudding is in the eating. The cases where I would recommend C for new projects are few and far between.
So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust programming language'. Wikipedia (which can often be useful if not always totally accurate) listed it as: " . . . a systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla Research, which describes it as a "safe, concurrent, practical language," supporting functional and imperative-procedural paradigms. Rust is syntactically similar to C++, but its designers intend it to provide better memory safety while maintaining performance." OK - - - sponsored by Mozilla (AIUI that sort means that its their baby) and its to '. . . provide better memory safety . . ." . Well given how Mozilla products work for me - - - they don't really know anything about how to use memory. The only way I can keep using FF is to kill it every couple three days and then restart it. Somehow that isn't my idea of memory usage done well so if that's Rust - - - well then that's a total non-starter for me! Dee