C# is well-established, and Microsoft has shown that it's very willing to adapt C# as necessary to support new techniques. I wouldn't be surprised at all if C# inherited good ideas from Swift.
I'm more interested in what Chris has to say about Rust, another much-newer language that's much closer in age to Swift, but also different from established languages like C#, C++ and Java.
Chris, what are your general thoughts about Rust as a programming language?
Seeing as it fits somewhere between languages like C++ a
There's a double problem with Codes of Conduct: 1) is the fact that it seems we NEED them. Most software devs are well-adjusted, normal people, but there's always that asshole who has to be 'edgy' or whatever and ends up fucking it up for everyone. Kinda like laws. We read these ridiculous laws and wonder 'why the fuck is that a law, no one would be that fucking stupid/asshole' and then you dig in and find out that, yes, someone(s) was that fucking stupid and now we all have to pay for that person's asshole
Do we? Why would anyone that is a jerk not simply ignore a code of conduct and do what they liked anyway?
Is there a concrete example anywhere of a code of conduct stopping anything, ever?
You could come back and say "it gives us reasons to reject someone". Yes but you could have done that ANYWAY without a COC and treating everyone with the presumption of assholishnes to begin with.
That's the real problem I have with the whole COC frenzy, is that most of us are adul
C# (Score:5, Interesting)
What do you think about Microsoft and C# versus the merits of Swift?
What are Rust's prospects like? (Score:3, Interesting)
C# is well-established, and Microsoft has shown that it's very willing to adapt C# as necessary to support new techniques. I wouldn't be surprised at all if C# inherited good ideas from Swift.
I'm more interested in what Chris has to say about Rust, another much-newer language that's much closer in age to Swift, but also different from established languages like C#, C++ and Java.
Chris, what are your general thoughts about Rust as a programming language?
Seeing as it fits somewhere between languages like C++ a
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There's a double problem with Codes of Conduct:
1) is the fact that it seems we NEED them. Most software devs are well-adjusted, normal people, but there's always that asshole who has to be 'edgy' or whatever and ends up fucking it up for everyone. Kinda like laws. We read these ridiculous laws and wonder 'why the fuck is that a law, no one would be that fucking stupid/asshole' and then you dig in and find out that, yes, someone(s) was that fucking stupid and now we all have to pay for that person's asshole
Do we need them? (Score:3)
1) is the fact that it seems we NEED them.
Do we? Why would anyone that is a jerk not simply ignore a code of conduct and do what they liked anyway?
Is there a concrete example anywhere of a code of conduct stopping anything, ever?
You could come back and say "it gives us reasons to reject someone". Yes but you could have done that ANYWAY without a COC and treating everyone with the presumption of assholishnes to begin with.
That's the real problem I have with the whole COC frenzy, is that most of us are adul
Re:Do we need them? (Score:2)
That's the real problem I have with the whole COC frenzy, is that most of us are adults, and do not need a COC
You REALLY like that Acronym, don't you? ;-)
Just teasing! (So, is that "COC Teasing?")