• SamC@lemmy.nz
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      Every language starts out as beautiful, then it becomes popular, a whole lot of new features get wedged into it, and everyone who’s watched a 5 minute tutorial video starts coding in it.

      I remember the days when Python, Java and even Perl were considered beautiful.

    • prowlr@lemmy.ml
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      Too true, python can be beautiful and succinct or like a huge plate of spaghetti cut up with scissors

  • 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡@lemmy.ml
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    One big reason Nim never really caught on is because we’ve got lots of fast-ish languages with garbage collection (like Go, which sucks a lot of oxygen away from Nim IMO). Rust introduced a new concept to the mainstream that lets you program safely without a runtime hit for garbage collection.

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        To my knowledge, Ada doesn’t have an equivalent to Rust’s borrow checker. I also think I covered that base by specifying “mainstream” 😀

  • kia@lemmy.ca
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    Once you get used to the Rust syntax, it actually makes the code look cleaner.

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      Ans you also learn to format it properly.

      Generally any new santax looks ugly. Then when you understand why it is written like it is it starts looking good.

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    What are the last two? I know Python and C, but haven’t seen the last two.

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      The third one is rust which has become a meme at this point. Programmers like it because it has almost as much performance as C but has a lot of safeguards preventing memory errors and vulnerabilities. I have no idea what the last one is tho