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   Louis Vallat (louis@social.louis-vallat.dev)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 19:36:08 JST Louis Vallat

   "{language name} would've prevented it" say programmers about a logic bug that, in fact, another language wouldn't have prevented in the first place
   
   RE: https://mk.cpluspatch.com/notes/a7k7ot6qpu9w002c

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     Jesse 🇫🇷 (jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 19:36:06 JST Jesse 🇫🇷

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     @louis@social.louis-vallat.dev to be fair
     
     some languages like Rust have really strong logic checks which would absolutely prevent this
     
     i found it crazy how good the compiler linter is

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     Jesse 🇫🇷 (jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 19:52:44 JST Jesse 🇫🇷

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     @louis@social.louis-vallat.dev other than the "familiarity" factorgod damn right lmao
     
     rust is NOT the solution for everything
     
     i've been asked to rewrite some of my stuff in rust many times, and I've always refused because it makes no sense to write something as high-level as full-stack server software in Rust (it'd take years and for what? a slight performance boost?)

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     Louis Vallat (louis@social.louis-vallat.dev)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 19:52:45 JST Louis Vallat

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     • Jesse 🇫🇷

     @jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com I absolutely love it too, the Rust compiler never ceases to amaze me at how good it is, how surgical it can get, and how right it usually is
     
     It's just a dunk on programmers pushing for their favorite language just for the sake of it, without really thinking of whether their language would have helped or not, other than the "familiarity" factor
     
     The "Rust could've prevented it" line is a meme at this point, but being a meme for spamming the same sentence even when wrong or not justified isn't a good thing imho

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     Jesse 🇫🇷 (jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 19:53:46 JST Jesse 🇫🇷

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     @louis@social.louis-vallat.dev i think rust is great for a lot of low-level and mid-level software though

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     Louis Vallat (louis@social.louis-vallat.dev)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 01:55:48 JST Louis Vallat

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     • Jesse 🇫🇷

     @jessew@mk.cpluspatch.com I agree
     
     Because ultimately, a programming language is a tool, there is not "one size fits all" solution, just like everything technology-related, and I'm glad that this field is as diversified as it is

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