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Should Programming Languages Be Safe or Powerful? (lambdaland.org)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yea

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Entire article is sophistry based around the author's definition of powerful.

Tldr: Haskell and C are equally powerful because they handle different problems. In effect, all languages are equally powerful which makes the author's essay moot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Right tool for the job. Sometimes you want performance, sometimes security. You want both, it's gonna be expensive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

¿por que no los dos?