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Post #ApXKoW27AwC6L36qga by [email protected] |
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Say you have a 26-year-old codebase of around 10,000 lines of C (a CLI app for … |
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Post #ApXKxGIV39Lc8owaTQ by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Java |
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Post #ApXLGZ7vGb7i2eCXfk by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Modern C++. It was published in the same year as Rust. :) |
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Post #ApXLQw4ymhpQ7illr6 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust |
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Post #ApXLda9Ld5A5sIqKVk by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft AmigaDOS |
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Post #ApXLeFuaMMJDOgG8Ke by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust or Zig if ultimate performance is needed thus no GC, Python if i… |
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Post #ApXLupqYWPuBTsHQm0 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Go |
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Post #ApXLy5vVC5t2Di9EWm by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I would do it in PHP if it's a chore. Easy, stable, nice ecosyste… |
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Post #ApXLzc15MyCq2FU1HU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft If it is supposed to live on for another 25 years, then I'd chose… |
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Post #ApXM2oHwCRKmxqtH2O by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft zig |
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Post #ApXMBSfXwshWWI3hFg by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust for great error handling and test suit that allow for huge codeb… |
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Post #ApXMPg0FAdjPvbWAKG by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft :javascript:*dabs and runs away full speed* |
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Post #ApXMX2if6sD2PPo4rw by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft GameMaker Language |
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Post #ApXMd3cWflvmwOnwae by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft depends why you are re-writing it. In general though: don't! |
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Post #ApXMjFuXtCVknUBkzQ by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I’d refactor it using C or Objective-C. See @objfw.#objc |
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Post #ApXN1yoffgerHTMxWK by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust :rust: |
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Post #ApXNGYU1rJHrxEfEqu by [email protected] |
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@catsalad lol 😂 your programming license revoked for 3 days 😂 |
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Post #ApXNKNfE1k43Yaj1hw by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft If it needs to run 25 years - well you need to find developers. So I … |
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Post #ApXNYSFXm3F7pkQLNg by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft C++ |
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Post #ApXNe4C283D6xdSSDw by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft if it is something that I will have to maintain, I would choose a lan… |
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Post #ApXNg0IDbJSZRZH5Wa by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I think the best choice here is #PowerShell |
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Post #ApXO166lAvU7YnyPGC by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Might as well use Cobol. What are 10.000 lines of C, when someone can… |
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Post #ApXO5WvxNbF9uw2A6K by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I don't like Python but I think it would make sense for a unix cl… |
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Post #ApXO8qGxw0r8lSRKoC by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Go |
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Post #ApXOA3Wq8P7MAPRZSq by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft C |
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Post #ApXOCD3jffSQIwrDhg by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I would recommend going for the language you're most comfy with. … |
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Post #ApXODdyV5L9U4U5nOq by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Of the given alternatives I would choose Rust.The reason is simple: R… |
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Post #ApXOZPYzLatJkIXU3s by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft whatever gets the job done in the fastest, cleanest, most portible wa… |
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Post #ApXOjibDQXM5gFUmkS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I think the first question you should ask.... does it really need rew… |
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Post #ApXPPureDSsfslIqYK by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftUse your favorite hammer.If you want to learn a new hammer or don'… |
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Post #ApXPkkmgt8bEhWv8CW by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft of these three? go for the strongly typed #rust. No contest IMHO. |
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Post #ApXPkvF40VEl8QGvoW by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I would do it in Python, but I'd understand the choice for Rust a… |
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Post #ApXQsnxr3542poXs3s by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I read something recently that said Go is a language you can get to 1… |
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Post #ApXTGRIDC0ttNVSs2y by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft C again |
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Post #ApXTHhc5zx9UHlMqrw by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft C or D |
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Post #ApXTtU3iqEpHFeIz56 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Depending on the complexity of the task it solves and the runtime of … |
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Post #ApXUbz5Ypqe8EJNuUa by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft how about… C? #clang |
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Post #ApXUs9Sa2iQl1rrRU8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftC again if I want the compatibility, plus it would allow me to rewrite… |
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Post #ApXUt915B3H3wXTMES by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust or Modern C++ |
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Post #ApXVZkmZ9fUbEb04PI by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Depending on performance requirements:- no notable startup or runtime… |
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Post #ApXWiCT6CdJHN7UCUi by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft rust |
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Post #ApXWkxRwUwzRf3GBvs by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft C.Certainly not any interpreted languages. |
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Post #ApXZD9P1qnMikWT6R6 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Perl |
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Post #ApXaMKgJNyJkI3UiYK by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Rust |
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Post #ApXaZSUPfOSqGsBi1A by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Love the one vote for perl! (I would personally do it in python ... … |
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Post #ApXgaM89OW9iYzaOB6 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft @catsalad and the time resets every time a new js web framework is an… |
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Post #ApXi48o3b6ZjsgxCT2 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Why change the language? re-write it in C. See how much better you ar… |
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Post #ApXiTA8vlTqjGZeGps by [email protected] |
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@jean_dupont those are some good points. thank you. |
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Post #ApXiZq7qaUyTD6KFcm by [email protected] |
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@Chris1776 OMG. |
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Post #ApXmRR2qLwYKvLEViS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft please don't forget the distro maintainers when making this choice |
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Post #ApXnXBhqOWur2kiYjI by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft is it just a codebase? Though you say it is a CLI app, that does not… |
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Post #ApXqOQmlGDJx4EX9Y8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft related: https://fishshell.com/blog/rustport/ |
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Post #ApXqUHUuhnjTzzyWcy by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft #RATFOR |
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Post #ApXw33TbKLvaQ3lJJY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I don't think you mised it, but fish dev really sell it well!http… |
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Post #ApY0vVuaDnca40bdnk by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft c++ |
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Post #ApY6eHQJR12tvnc3Qe by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Pretty much any language you're comfortable with. |
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Post #ApYAQFgrTtUkJov6A4 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Swiftlang is actually very nice |
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Post #ApYAfWgwYLFdOJF2GW by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft controversial Opinion, I know. Maybe a language you already know ^^ |
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Post #ApYApXkzRmTXaguXI0 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Honestly, C, but that's just because I'm too lazy to learn a … |
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Post #ApYC5zS2LdQ04RS52W by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft It is just stupid idea 😁 |
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Post #ApYCe6ZcNFB80QGUzY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft zig would be the obvious choice from c. |
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Post #ApYKWlSlGOdo8f4K5A by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft You should use a hip new language to attract some cool new kids to yo… |
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Post #ApYVo3KhAxZ7yok4pc by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft 1. Don’t rewrite it unless there’s something you need to do and y… |
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Post #ApZQMyofYT35XZzelM by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Zig |
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Post #ArowfnqBnV6rKeclg8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft for reference a two parts story:https://jhoneill.github.io/powershell… |
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Post #Asm7vZZMblx1BvJiKW by [email protected] |
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@Chris1776 @nixCraft wau, this is the most fancy project I have seen this year … |
