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minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·15 days agoProbably what all the horse people said when cars were invented.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoI would’t trade a good horse for an early car. Maybe a model T.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoThe horse-car analogies rarely achieve what you want them to, especially in situations where we don’t have the benefit of hindsight.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoMore akin to Elon insisting the cybertruck is the way of the future, and people just keep buying Rivians and internal combustion vehicles.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoEspecially as there’s D, a language that when used in betterC mode, is on-par with C, minus the archaic precompiler, which is replaced with very powerful metaprogramming capabilities.
Probably what all the horse people said when cars were invented.
I would’t trade a good horse for an early car. Maybe a model T.
The horse-car analogies rarely achieve what you want them to, especially in situations where we don’t have the benefit of hindsight.
More akin to Elon insisting the cybertruck is the way of the future, and people just keep buying Rivians and internal combustion vehicles.
Especially as there’s D, a language that when used in betterC mode, is on-par with C, minus the archaic precompiler, which is replaced with very powerful metaprogramming capabilities.