But even if it was true (I'd contest it's not) can't you ignore it and judge the language on its merits? We are not teenagers for a long, long time now, we should be making up our own mind about things.
I have not done either. "Curmudgeon" is a "get off my lawn, kids!" grandpa btw. :)
I have not denied you anything, I implored you to ignore the zealots that exist IN EVERY ECOSYSTEM and judge the thing based on what it can actually do.
Please don't misrepresent what I said, that's not arguing in good faith.
Heh, this grandpa has written like 3x more python than C this year. And the C part was no choice - that was all I had on these devices.
Edit: from what I hear from my peers (translation: other programmers that I have coffee or drinks with), if I started a new server application today and I needed the performance of a compiled language, I should use Go not Rust.
I believe servers are where the propensity of C like languages to allow you to shoot yourself in the foot is the problem, isn't it?
Before the current "AI" hysteria, HN was full of "I've rewritten this thing that was working just fine in Rust". No mention of how it's better, has more features - or even has all the original's features - or anything about why you should use the rewrite instead of the original.
Am I supposed to use a tool just because of what it's made of, or because it solves a problem for me?
I don't need a 100% drop-in. Barely anyone does. I've observed at least 80% of all of the coreutils features are not used by 90% - 99% of programmers and sysadmins.
Ask people if they used all flags of `sort` and report back results as a test of my hypothesis.
> The right questions according to who?
This is tiring. I told you twice that I'd prefer you engaging in technical merits. You keep drawing attention to what is annoying you but you'll have to talk to your friends and family about that because I am not interested.
I don't see many CVEs in coreutils. Maybe one or two, in several decades? I do on occasion use obscure flags (or at least ones that are obscure to me).
I am getting tired of being misinterpreted, not of the argument itself because the argument ended several comments ago and the person focused on being a little rebel ("who gets the determine the right questions" is his favorite pet peeve apparently).
There is no argument currently, just people trying really hard to miss the point that was stated very clearly.
But even if it was true (I'd contest it's not) can't you ignore it and judge the language on its merits? We are not teenagers for a long, long time now, we should be making up our own mind about things.