| ▲ | keyle 4 hours ago |
| C is fun to write. I can write Rust, but I prefer writing C. I prefer compiling C, I prefer debugging C. I prefer C. It's a bit like asking with the new mustang on the market, with airbags and traction control, why would you ever want to drive a classic mustang? |
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| ▲ | speedgoose 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It’s okay to enjoy driving an outdated and dangerous car for the thrill because it makes pleasing noise, as long as you don’t annoy too much other people with it. |
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| ▲ | IshKebab 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > I prefer debugging C I prefer not having to debug... I think most people would agree with that. |
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| ▲ | account42 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Do you also want some unicorns as well? | |
| ▲ | ykonstant 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I prefer a billion dallars tax free, but here we are:( | | |
| ▲ | pornel 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | | In Rust dev, I haven't needed Valgrind or gdb in years, except some projects integrating C libraries. Probably kernel dev isn't as easy, but for application development Rust really shifts majority of problems from debugging to compile time. |
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| ▲ | gjajric 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Didn't save Cloudflare. Memory safety is necessary, and memory safety guard rails can be helpful depending on what the guard rails cost in different ways, but memory safety is in no way, shape or form sufficient. | | |
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