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Preston Carpenter
Personal blog · timidger.github.ioprogrammingsystems
Preston Carpenter writes A Pragmatic Place, a personal blog at timidger.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “I can't keep up with idiomatic Rust”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a post on Rust's "idiomatic" code, which the commenter says keeps changing. The comment links it to support a point about C and C++ code going out of date.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- I can't keep up with idiomatic Rust2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-04-08
What Hacker News says?
That and, while "backwards compatability" has been quoted as important things in these languages. I can attest to rust having issues with what is "idiomatic" rust: https://timidger.github.io/posts/i-cant-keep-up-with-idiomat... there are other similar complaints around the net. While the C and C++ code I wrote over 2 decades ago is now finally "out of date" as of 5 years ago. It took a while. Not 2-3 years. Which is…
Comment linking /posts/i-cant-keep-up-with-idiomatic-rust/
on “C will never stop you from making mistakes”Submitted I can't keep up with idiomatic Rust as a story · 378 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing a mutable bi-directional tree safely in Rust as a story · 2 points
HN discussion