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minus-squarepixelscript@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoIf the current tools work fine, have decades of historic support and battle testing, and the alternatives offer little to no net benefit, uhh, why?
minus-squareShustOne@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoBattle hardened > new Unless the new has a killer feature set worth the trade off in potential bugs
minus-squarebroface@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think that’s fair. Eventually, the Rust-alternatives will be battle-hardened too and we can simply choose what suits us best. It’s a good time for software, honestly.
If the current tools work fine, have decades of historic support and battle testing, and the alternatives offer little to no net benefit, uhh, why?
But rust
Are you still using bash?
Battle hardened > new
Unless the new has a killer feature set worth the trade off in potential bugs
I think that’s fair.
Eventually, the Rust-alternatives will be battle-hardened too and we can simply choose what suits us best.
It’s a good time for software, honestly.