[Fwd: Re: [go-nuts] Need for official package manager]

[Russel Winder]

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 17:26 +0200, Paulo Pinto wrote:
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> Actually as a ML fan I follow Rust development closely and think it 
> could get a piece of the systems pie.

I too am following Rust development (*): never a day goes by without me
having to rewrite my codes due to all the changes ;-)

> The more the merrier, as long as we eventually get rid of C and C++, 
> even if takes a few generations more of developers.

Or C++ evolves into a reasonable language, C already is a reasonable
language as long as you use it only for appropriate systems, of which
there are a few, but only a few.


(*) I just wish the compiler compiled a bit quicker. Whilst it isn't in
g++ scales, it does take ages compared to Go. 

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