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by MarkMarine 1307 days ago
Have you tried C? I’m not being snarky, remembering all the undefined behavior is a task in itself. I’m a Haskell neophyte, but I often find myself reaching for things haskell has in the box when I’m writing something in another language.

To me, it’s like the people who describe a cat as “just like a dog” as a positive trait for the cat. Why deal with the “just like” version if you can have the real thing? Just get a dog. So I find myself reaching for these tools and then I try to just go to the real thing. Unfortunately I can’t run Haskell on an ESP32 :)

Btw, this is not to denigrate cats, they are great in their own right. Not for me, I’m violently allergic and somewhat particular to having the things I ensure exist be thankful, but I respect everyone’s choices in the fluffy friend department.

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> somewhat particular to having the things I ensure exist be thankful

Sounds like a certain deity