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Comment · 2 months ago
After more searching I found this article https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2020/05/17/relative-point...

A far pointer sounds like the global based pointer described in that article. The far pointer Wikipedia article says they are problematic but doesn't give much reasoning as to why.

Comment · 2 months ago
Do any languages have a notion of "relative pointers"? So in the example if instead of appending "line" as ptr & len, it'd instead be appending an offset & len which could in theory be used to safely compute the actual location even with relocations.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes, no performance difference either.
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Comment · 2 years ago
enaml-web does this using lxml. It works fine for a limited number of concurrent users.
Comment · 2 years ago
Simple, because I use foss.

I'm always amused when people bash on free software, then you ask if they wrote all their own software, libraries, compilers, etc.. and hear silence.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Given how good Horizon is, this is exciting!

Hopefully he can find a way to fix the problem of broken models due to invalid vertex/edge references on fillets/chamfers/etc.. when changing features.

This is a problem even script based programs cadquery/declaracad don't really solve.

Comment · 3 years ago
"In the near term it would also reduce the number of targets Zig supports", I hope not but it sure sounds like it.
Comment · 3 years ago
So I spent ~4 years writing all my embedded projects (and libraries) in Zig and now several "tier 1" supported arches are just going to be dropped?

It's your language so do whatever you want but please adjust the branding accordingly...

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