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[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bit of a wash, tbh: I like that the “but simplicity!” computer touchers now write their trash code in a memory-safe language; it sure reduces the amount of extremely preventable issues by introducing some other extremely preventable issues.

[–] mlen@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

as much as java is a nuisance (in oh god so many ways), I mind it less than go. far fewer lucky packet minefield explosions with it.