On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2017-12-10 06:28 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust > > programming language'. > > > > Wikipedia (which can often be useful if not always totally accurate) > > listed it as: > > > > " . . . a systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla Research, > > which describes it as a "safe, concurrent, practical language," > > supporting functional and imperative-procedural paradigms. Rust is > > syntactically similar to C++, but its designers intend it to provide > > better memory safety while maintaining performance." > > > > OK - - - sponsored by Mozilla (AIUI that sort means that its their baby) > > and its to '. . . provide better memory safety . . ." . > > Well given how Mozilla products work for me - - - they don't really know > > anything about how to use memory. The only way I can keep using FF is to > > kill it every couple three days and then restart it. Somehow that isn't > > my idea of memory usage done well so if that's Rust - - - well then > > that's a total non-starter for me! > > I think you'll be surprised at how well the latest Firefox 57 performs. > It's their first release featuring core browser components written in Rust. > > Fast and stable for me. Give it a try and see if your characterization > above still holds. > Somehow - - - - I've been hearing similar for about what - - - maybe about 4 or 5 years. You really think its true this time? (After watching maybe 20+ upgrades and its still the same mess for how it works - - - I'm more than a little skeptical!) Dee
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