(joke in the title stolen from a redditor)

Context: some Rust kid vandalized cppreference.com today.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And the ecosystem affects whether when I run into an obstacle, I can google for 5 minutes to find the solution or whether I’ll spend the next three days trying dozens of incorrect approaches suggested by StackOverflow answers and random comments on language-specific forums and Wordpress blog posts etc. Whether you consider “the ecosystem” part of the language or not, it’s worth considering when choosing a language to work in.

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      1 year ago

      Sure but, this isn’t about the actual language. For instance I like Ada, there isn’t a lot of public support for it and you’re mostly left with the RM and GNAT manuals. But none of this is relevant to Ada as a language. Which was really all I was saying, you should probably split complaints about the ecosystem and the actual language affecting viability.