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Karen. 
katka@ak.kawen.space
Edited 9 months ago
tbh my problem is that C is too high level and rust isn't high level enough
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@katka alright then let's bring the machine code monitor out....
....this still feels too high level..
....this still feels too high level..
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@pasty well i'm writing asm right now and for work i write haskell so what i mean is
you can be more extreme
you can be more extreme
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Karen.
katka@ak.kawen.space
@kirby i mean i'm literally staring at a register monitor right now
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@pasty the way the compiler will shoot you in the foot with UB and non-obvious optimizations
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(this is mostly a shitpost but it's also accurate for the kinda languages i work with)
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Karen.
katka@ak.kawen.space
@mar yes that's the joke
I use languages lower level that C and higher level than Rust and nothing in between
I use languages lower level that C and higher level than Rust and nothing in between
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ 
lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
@pasty @katka Well low-level/high-level is an antique notion but it's supposed to be that low-level is assembly with at most some macros but it's effectively like fancy hex editing.
And then high-level is when you have a compiler in the middle that's free to mangle your program.
(And C is quite awful at approaching low-level, see lack of native bitfields for example)
And then high-level is when you have a compiler in the middle that's free to mangle your program.
(And C is quite awful at approaching low-level, see lack of native bitfields for example)
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Lili (T'lapka?)
pasty@raru.re
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