Comments by "Toby" (@toby9999) on "ThePrimeTime" channel.

  1. How about someone like me who has 30+ years experience programming in C and C++ and hated the rust experience. Rust just burns brain cells. I gave up before too much damage was done.
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  2. It's not a limit. It's a huristic to limit nesting / indentation.
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  3. Using vim is not something to boast about. It's cringworthy. It's like telling everyone I drive a three wheeled car. You know the ones.
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  4. And?
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  5. My favourite language is C++. My most dreaded language is java, followed by those crappy scripting languages like e.g. JS
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  6. Possibly because clean code advocates are very often OOP advocated and are very often Java developers. That's been my observation. It was definitely the case with the last project I was involved with. Highly abstracted Java code. Almost impenetrable.
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  7.  @theshermantanker7043  I've hated java ever since I first encountered it in 1998. So, not just "these days".
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  8. Lol
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  9. ​ @my_online_logs Calm down...
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  10. Why crack it when it's already free, or close to it? Windows 10 was a free upgrade. Windows 11 is a free upgrade.
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  11. Yeah, none of that code makes any sense to me.
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  12. A mouse uses less brain power per action. That's why it's more efficient.
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  13. Not really... it is HyperText Markup Language. It is not a programming language.
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  14. Not sure what is meant by task? Is a task the same thing as a process? Every process has at least one thread.
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  15. I didn't like the way rust treats every little thing as an error, even when they're not. Like forcing snake_case for function names, not permitting extra parentheses or not allowing unused params. I don't like snake_case. I want to choose that stuff and not have the compiler put me into a straitjacket.
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  16. Switching java is my worst nightmare.
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  17. Because software development and IT are entirely different domains and skill sets. I've been a Windows C++ application developer for 25 years and into other stuff prior, but I'm clueless about anything remotely related to web development, how websites work, certificates, etc. That's just not my thing. My work has never required it, and I have zero interest in it. I also hate anything to do with terminals. I use GUIs and build GUIs. I was blown away by the first windowing system I owned (Amiga) in the 80s. I thought, OMG, how good is this. I never looked back. I just don't understand the attraction of terminals. They're a chore.
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  18. Windows users are, by and large, just people who want to get their jobs done. They typically don't spend all day debating the kernel or the language used or the pros and cons of each Windows update or major build release. The Linux world is toxic and dysfunctional.
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  19. Not at all.
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  20. Bitbucket is not simple. It's a pain, as is Jira. Both have disgustingly poorly designed UIs. The way they integrate with each other is super confusing and unintuative. I can't find a damn thing in bitbucket unless there a link in a Jira ticket. And did I mention Jira? Almost imposible to navigate. How the hell does anyone find anything in Jira? There's a reason why I have 50 tabs open on my browser and a thousand entries in my favourites. It's the only way to find anything. Why? Because the Jira search is crap. Rant over.
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  21. It's not about "need".
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  22. What are you talking about? MS Visual Studio can build huge projects fast and without issue. All of this unfounded hate if everything MS is cult like. We've been running daily builds with MS Visual Studio, and we've been using it for close to 30 years.... 4 weeks.... That's a Strawman.
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  23. They're both dreadful.
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  24. I agree with the C guy. I like the simplicity of C, but sometimes I want a little more abstraction. That's why I also like C++.
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  25. Yeah, 21 is a more "advanced" crappy language than 17. Thing is, the whole Java ecosystem sucks.
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  26. ​​ @Sven_Dongle So you say, but perhaps you know nothing about the commenters? Java sucks... what do you know about me appart from hating Java?
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  27. CMake is just a crappy open-source hack. I will never use it by choice. It has found its way into Microsoft Visual Studio as an option, but again, VS already does a way better job on its own as a C++ build system. Been a C++ developer for 22 years. The only time I've needed CMake was to import some open-source code that didn't have VS project files... and it took forever to get right. CMake is an absolute nightmare. Additionally, Microsoft Visual Studio is a much better development IDE (for C++) than what's available for Rust. I've done some Rust coding in VSCode. Not great.
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  28. Not really.
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  29. ​@asdfqwerty14587 I would argue that the true value is in knowing that certain performant solutions exist for particular classes of problems. If you understand the bssic principle, then you'll know what to google for if you can't remember the specifics. Same as how I know bubble sort is O(n*n) vs. quicksort (log n) and how such knowledge might influence my choice of container classes, etc.
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  30. And if you use a decent IDE you wouldn't even need CMake. I've never touched a make file in almost 30 years of C and C++ development.
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  31. ​ @vilian9185 people complain about CMake because they foolishly choose to use it. I don't have a problem with CMake because I realised it was crap. I avoid it. There are better options.
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  32. Linux already is a terrible experience. At least it was for me.
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  33. One is not better than the other. They're just different tools that excel at different jobs.
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  34. If you're second guessing yourself, then you probably have a skill problem. There is no need to be second-guessing. That said, I don't believe your claim. You're basically a resorting a "sour grapes" argument. You just like go. C++ has been incredibly successful. I've been a Windows application developer for 30 years and 99% C++. It's fine. I love the language I took a look at go a couple of years ago because people were singing its praises. I took an instant dislike to its syntax, symantics, and from memory some stuff relating to code layout. It's been a while. I don't see the point of porting a stable code base to another language for no good reason. I think a lot of the motivation is based on an irrational dislike of C++ with an almost religious ferver. C++ bashing earns street cred.
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  35. ​ @NathanHedglin That's not true. Is BASIC better? Is Assembly better? Is Java better? Hell no. Java sucks big time. No. You pick the right tool for the job. C++ is the best tool for many jobs.
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  36. ​ @NoX-512 And except Java, JavaScript, Ada, Perl...
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  37. ​ @zhamed9587 Java is absolute crap. What are you talking about, lol
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  38. ​@monad_tcp Then don't write highly polymorphic code. That said, I call bs on your statement. C++ typically runs at 200% Java speed. When our company moved to Java, our products went full bloatware and snail pace.
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  39. Then, don't use neovim. I keep saying that to people... vim, neovim... Why? It's not 1990 anymore. Why not choose a decent IDE. It will make development way more efficient and productive.
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  40. Linux is also available preinstalled if one wants it, but not many people want it. Linux isn't popular because it isn't as useful, and it's harder to learn and it's niche.
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  41. C is a low-level programming language, as is assembly. They just are, but assembly is lower than C.
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  42. How so?
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  43. Popularity is a poor measure of quality. MS wanted to improve java but was stopped. So, MS made a better java... effectivelly, C#. A better language than java that executes faster and supports windows GUI construction out of the box. Yeah, the whole java ecosystem sucks big time.
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  44. You'd be hard pressed to beat optimized C or C++ and you'd be a lot more productive in C/C++. I know from personal experience with all three.
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  45. How so? C compiles to native code.
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  46. Cargo seems quite lame to me. But I've been using MS Visual Studio for a long time. Cargo seems to be nothing more than a terminal tool. Perhsps, I'm missing something?
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  47. Nope. America changed something and England stayed the same.
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  48. Eclipse is a pile of stinking bloated unstable garbage. It was so bad that I left the industry completely. For context, I was a long time C++ developer switching to Java (which sucked)... The amount of downtime caused by Eclipse was unacceptable to me at around 90%. I couldn't get work done and I couldn't take the stress of being unproductive any longer. So, Eclipse ended my 25-year employment with a great company. I resigned. The company wouldn't switch to a decent IDE because Eclipse is "free". At least that's how I saw it. Thing is, Eclipse isn't "free" when you consider developer downtime and the constant mantainence required by IT and the negative impact on developer health. Worst IDE I'd encountered in my 30+ years of software development. Rant over.
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  49. When will we have ARM CPUs that can compete with AMD64 in raw performance?
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  50. ​@CjqNslXUcM There's a whole lot more going on with return than just a jump. Return is quite different to a goto in multiple ways. Not providing a 'return' statement in a language would be lame.
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