[GTALUG] Idiomatic programming versus micro-optimizations

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Fri Apr 9 16:09:40 EDT 2021


On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:55:02PM -0400, Aruna Hewapathirane via talk wrote:
> This is simply an attempt to inform and educate ( i am not trying to start
> any flame wars ). This article I feel describes aptly why C will not go
> away.
> https://drewdevault.com/2019/03/25/Rust-is-not-a-good-C-replacement.html

I certainly agree there are things C is the best choice for.  But it is
probably a lot less than it is being used for.  No idea what Rust is good
at, having never used it or looked at it.  I have encountered go code,
and it seems OK so far.

Good article.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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