lemme in@lemm.ee to Programming@programming.dev · 5 days agoThe US government wants devs to stop using C and C++www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
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minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoOk, and what do you think the memory managers were written in?
minus-squarejas0n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoDon’t worry bud, I’ll upvote you. Not everyone is afraid of pointers.
minus-squareDe_Narm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoWho cares? Just like most things your average programmer relies on, they are written by smarter or at least more specialised people to make your job easier. They have learned to write memory-safe code so you don’t have to.
minus-squarewhithom@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoIf it’s broke, don’t fix it amiright?!
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoAFAIK, the first one was written in LISP. The one most people push around here was written in Rust. It’s a really great language to write memory managers anyway.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 days agoGod, this old argument… Careful, it’s an antique. The idea is to minimize memory management and have people who are experts on it deal with it.
Ok, and what do you think the memory managers were written in?
Don’t worry bud, I’ll upvote you. Not everyone is afraid of pointers.
Who cares? Just like most things your average programmer relies on, they are written by smarter or at least more specialised people to make your job easier. They have learned to write memory-safe code so you don’t have to.
If it’s broke, don’t fix it amiright?!
AFAIK, the first one was written in LISP.
The one most people push around here was written in Rust. It’s a really great language to write memory managers anyway.
God, this old argument… Careful, it’s an antique.
The idea is to minimize memory management and have people who are experts on it deal with it.