cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52190045
Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52190045
Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
Of course I wouldn’t write in raw machine code, or even assembly. We invented higher level languages that are more powerful and easier for humans to use…
But the purpose is still to make machines so stuff!!! I’m not just writing code so that other humans can marvel at my algorithms.
This is so freaking dumb.
And that is my point. The primary purpose for all these abstractions is for humans to use. It’s first and foremost designed to be read and understood by humans, to make programming easier for humans.
@mr_satan @FizzyOrange
That is a far cry from where we started.
“Code is primarily to communicate from human-to-human, and only incidentally for computers to execute”