2022-12-03 from the editor of ~insom
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It's Advent of Code time and I'm doing C++. I'm rusty and
the language has changed a lot, but honestly it's better
than I expected or remembered.
I understand why memory safety is important and that
security bugs are regularly found in C/C++ programs because
of doing the wrong thing with RAM, but a part of me feels
like writing in these langauges is discouraged with the same
harshness as rolling-your-own-crypto. (This might just be
the HN bubble, though?)
The other language that I'm learning at the moment is
Clojure but I don't feel far enough along to try AoC in it
yet. Ironically I _am_ writing a very small ActivityPub
implementation (mostly an experiment). Writing a web app
seems easier (to me!) that doing a lot of data structure
manipulation AoC-style.
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I'm off to Toronto again on Monday. Last trip of the year,
turbo-props both ways and the weather is not terribly cold
yet. As an anxious flyer I dislike flying at night, on jets
and during the time of year where planes need de-icing. I
can't usually avoid all of those, but this is like a 5/6
best case! (Return flight will be at night)
