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12 days agoSaying the chance of something going sideways is smaller than on Windows isn’t saying much. I’ll pick a distro that’s stable by default, TYVM.
Principal Engineer for Accumulate
Saying the chance of something going sideways is smaller than on Windows isn’t saying much. I’ll pick a distro that’s stable by default, TYVM.
I’m talking about C#'s unsafe keyword. It lets you do pointer shenanigans.
Java is the top, C# is the bottom. The Java language designers consider unsigned integers harmful (and this). They’re basically saying “You could hurt yourself with this so we’re taking it away.” I find that patronizing and disrespectful. On the other hand C# and Go tell you, “Yo bro, doing pointer math and direct memory manipulation is not safe, but I’m not gonna stop you.”
This is how I feel about Java vs Go/C#/etc
If committing over the weekend is what makes the difference between committing a secret and not, that’s an issue.