This is the common arguement used by people defending languages with tons of footguns.
If this is true, why not write everything in C++?
Javscript includes so many footguns that people know are bad (see the billion of examples of different types being added and getting random answers). Every langauge has some difficult parts, pretending that means any amount is fine is crazy. Javascript has earned its reputation.
Thats a good argument in a vacuum. But the world has determined "I was just following orders" is not a good defense.
We know the crimes against humanity are bad and subordinates are guilty if they do them. We don;t just let everyone off free except the head of state.
Not to see that united healtcare (as bad as they are) are anywhere near that, but I am saying that its clear that we, as a society, already hold all people complicit in evil as guilty. Not just the person at the top.
I will admit, there were a lot of people saying ridiculous things about crypto in 2021. Many of those people were very wrong, but still rewarded with bitcoin hitting 100k.
Those same people say it will hit 200k inevitably. I think all their reasoning is wrong, but yet they have been right. Curious what HN's opinons are.
I remember a post on Blind where someone was passionately arguing that if we put house ownership on the blockchain, 2008 wouldn't have happened because a big part of it was not knowing who owned what homes.
Might I suggest a purple logo, since its half Go (blue) and half rust (reddish). Lol
This fills a pretty good niche. There are several backend APIs that I want to use rust for, but ends up adding so much upkeep and complexity to deal with, but Go leaves errors uncaught.
The key (and way easier said then done) is to take a small amount of money out, accept that its likely all going to be gone, and try to milk it slowly so all the free drinks you get are worth the money.
I like in NYC, so achieving the typical cost of drinks is not hard.
> I'm pretty sure no company in their right mind today start a new product in C++
I say this as someone who loves rust and zig, but these types of statements make me feel like HN is way out of touch with the industry. New products are constantly made in C++. That doesn't make it good (and i don't think companies building in C++ are making the best choices), but to say that no big tech company is writing any new code in C++ is just not correct. I see this happen every day at my job.
I also would definitely say more C++ code is written every day over C, although I'll say, I am not as familiar with the embedded world, but I know one HFT/Gaming/Robotics firm will have millions of new C++ lines every day.
I think you are missing what the comments point was.
Cyberpunk could have been delayed again, but it still would have been bad. The Witcher 3 could have had less crunch and released a year later and been as much of a success, but the studio would lose way more money.
Labor is extremely expensive and a year more of labor isn't worth it, so they rush. It just worked that time.
The solution is consumers paying way higher prices for games. The reason games are rushed is because labor is a huge cost, and it isn't cost effective to continually bleed money waiting for revenue.
If this is true, why not write everything in C++?
Javscript includes so many footguns that people know are bad (see the billion of examples of different types being added and getting random answers). Every langauge has some difficult parts, pretending that means any amount is fine is crazy. Javascript has earned its reputation.