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by dicroce 4476 days ago
I keep my code portable to Windows soley for the purpose of getting to use the Visual Studio debugger. Likewise, Windows developers should write portable code so they can use valgrind.
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No need for valgrind when using memory safe languages :)
Are your memory safe languages also concurrency/data-race safe? (<3 valgrind DRD)
The wonders of FP.
"Often time when using high level algebraic languages we have a tendency to do things in a way that looks the best, or in the shortest number of statements. Often completely ignoring what will execute fastest." - Donald Knuth The Art Of Programming Volume 1 Second Edition Preface X.
But its the most maintainable so 99% of the time that's the right choice.