Kerrick Long (code)

“If i were to categorize #programming languages like #art movements, there would be mid-century utilitarianism (#Fortran, #COBOL), high-theory formalism (#Haskell, #Agda), Americorporate pragmatism (#CSharp, #Java), grassroots communitarianism (#Python, #Ruby), and esoteric hedonism (#Befunge, #Brainfuck). And I’d say #Go, often described as “#C for the 21st century,” represents neoclassicism: not so much a revolution as a throwback.”

https://www.wired.com/story/attention-spoiled-software-engineers-take-a-lesson-from-googles-programming-language/

Attention, Spoiled Software Engineers: Take a Lesson from Google’s Programming Language

The language Go hails from an era when programmers had smaller egos and fewer commercial ambitions. My generation of strivers has a lot to learn.

WIRED
Nov 24, 2024 at 4:03pmWeb
Show threadBobulous  Nov 24, 2024

@kerrick Which art style would #Rust correspond to?

#RustLang

Show threadAndreas GroisNov 24, 2024
@bobulous @kerrick I'd say the same as Haskell. It's a bit less math-y, but the borrow checker makes up for that.
Show threadguentherNov 27, 2024

@soulsource @bobulous @kerrick

Rust is Bauhaus.

Leaving behind the bad ideas of the past, built with an emphasis on quality, but also to scale to mass-production ("A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software"), an emphasis on reusable parts, built by a bunch of lefties and hated by the ... more conservative parts of the community.

Also the official logo is a black/white circular design.

Show threadZło To 🏴‍☠️ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉᶠᶦᵈᵈʸNov 24, 2024
@kerrick #rust enters the chat
Show threadKerrick Long (code)Nov 24, 2024
@mattesilver Surely #Rust is neoclassical just like #Go, right?
Show threadTomNov 24, 2024
@kerrick @mattesilver more like brutalism probably