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0cf8612b2e1e 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Better alternatives in the year 2000? SQLites raison d’etre is to be stable and safe. Rewriting a working solution is anathema to that goal.

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wizzwizz4 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

SQLite predates most of the things you'd use instead. Given that in any case they'd be the ones left maintaining the wheels, long after everyone else has abandoned them, it makes sense for them to use their own wheels.

	▲	mdaniel 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I do not accept that there were no editors, that there is no way to render $(diff -u) in those editors, and that there were no encrypted chat protocols available in the year 2000 (which is the frame of reference in the "17 year history" in that same section) I'm aware that I am just digging a deeper karma hole for myself, but I stand by what I said: I'm glad it works for them, and I'm glad I don't have to use a hand rolled editor to send around hand rolled diffs via a hand rolled Tk chat client via a hand rolled protocol

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kjs3 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I sure am glad I don't work under those conditions

I think we're all glad you don't work on things that require long term stability.

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gjvc 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

would you be as bothered if they were instead using perl?

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nurettin 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you mean the part where they use a tcl script to extract comments and function signatures into documentation as opposed to using something like doxygen?

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kevin_thibedeau 4 days ago | parent [-]

Vibe coders don't do test coverage. That's for old people.

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nurettin 4 days ago | parent [-]

Shame, adding tests, or at least some experiments would actually improve vibe coding by several factors. But perhaps it depends on what you are coding.

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doublerabbit 4 days ago | parent [-]

I would add note that TCL has a very comprehensive testing suite which makes it very easy to add test units.

https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/tcltest

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johnisgood 3 days ago | parent [-]

Off-topic and nitpick: I just wish people wrote it as Tcl. When I say it out loud, I do say TCL, but in writing it is Tcl.

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doublerabbit 3 days ago | parent [-]

It's a fair point. I agree. TCL is now a known TV brand. My iPhone auto corrects it to TCL in capitals.

	▲	johnisgood 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, no worries. I tell people the same when they say ADA instead of Ada. :D