Copenjin
Joined 7 years ago
Joined 7 years ago
What is included in the 98%? IOS on Catalyst and core routers too? Isn't 24 months enough for anyone to forget this stupid idea and the boy genius (who cares if he went through YC23, worthless nowadays)?
I wonder what the average Cisco's employee will think reading this interview, probably those with enough seniority will think back at the Chambers years and shed a tear (incredible, I know).
There is no respect for the time of the readers. Nowadays it's not just the occasional post from yegge or patio anymore. In general, the first few sentences of an article should present a summary and convince me to go further to read the details.
It's a language with its pros and cons, I like the simplicity, it's a good choice for services that just expose an API/GRPC/etc... and the performances are not that bad.
This "but rust is faster" obsession often comes from people that don't even know what they are talking about or are even able to consider if thinking about performance make sense for a specific use cases. Sometimes, or at least it did before LLMs, having something simple to modify was more important that chasing supposedly higher performance because the rust people keep blabbering about it.
> would Rust have been the lucky candidate?
Probably not, considering that the author give me a "simple solutions are best" vibe.