siteshwar
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Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Doesn't it break net neutrality ?
Comment · 7 years ago
Discipline functions, floating point arithmetic, compound data types etc. Original KornShell is still more powerful programming langauge than bash.
Comment · 7 years ago
Link[1] to announcement on mailing list.
[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/korn-shell/7VAqQg1N5D8/XniWn...
Comment · 7 years ago
> Which "millions of lines of code" are compatible with POSIX without having any Linux or macOS specific code?
Those layers would have to be reimplemented to retain compatibility.
> I think you're hugely overstating the importance of POSIX.
People generally understate importance of POSIX, just because it's old. It's impossible to get APIs perfect and you are throwing away decades of work in the name of getting APIs "right". No one is going to rewrite everything from scratch, just because the new APIs look shiny. For reference read about Unix wars[1].
Comment · 7 years ago
It's not and eventually they will have to find ways to provide POSIX compatibility, it can happen through a separate compatiblity layer or a library. You don't want to break compatibility with millions of lines of already written code if you want widespread adoption. No one is going to rewrite everything from scratch, just because Google says so.
Comment · 7 years ago
> Rust is developed by a community, and was started by Mozilla. Go development seems to be de facto controlled by Google, who originated the language. I'd rather bet my non-work future on a language that isn't controlled by a huge corporation, especially one of the main players in today's surveillance economy.
Anyone else agree with this view ? Programming languages should be choosen based on technical merits, rather than who is behind it. Is there a lesson from history that I am missing ?
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLt_yDvdeLQ&ab_channel=TEDxT...