Mastodawn

Alex P. 👹Jun 13, 2024

modern programming is like,

"if you're using bongo.rs to parse http headers, you will need to also install bepis to get buffered read support. but please note that bepis switched to using sasquatch for parallel tokenization as of version 0.0.67, so you will need the bongo-sasquatch extension crate as well."

old-time programming is like,

"i made a typo in this function in 1993. theo de raadt got so angry he punched a wall when he saw it. for ABI compatibility reasons, we shan't fix the typo."

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Eli the Bearded

@saddestrobots

In my mind the difference that really stands out is compiler friendliness. It used to be HARD to change your toolchain.

Today: If you want to build this, you need to use the 2024.04.01 or higher patch release of weelang. 2024.06.x may work, I haven't tested those yet.

Once upon a time: If your cc doesn't understand function prototypes, set the KRSTANDARD define. If your system doesn't have /usr/include/floob.h but uses usr/include/sys/floob.h, set the SYSFLOOB define. If...