Post AbpX33fr1DTxJCs8OW by pwaring@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AbpX33fr1DTxJCs8OW by pwaring@fosstodon.org
       2023-11-15T08:28:08Z
       
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       I have narrowed down my Advent of Code language choices to:Go: Know enough to make reasonable progress with puzzles, whilst still learning new things in the process. Commercially useful.C: Similar to Go, but takes longer due to having to think about memory management etc. Would need a decent debugger, ideally within VSCode.Lua: Starting from scratch. Skim the Programming Lua book.Rust: Starting from scratch. Skim the No Starch Rush book.#AdventOfCode #AdventOfCode2023
       
 (DIR) Post #AbpX34p6kITisCD2SO by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-11-15T12:11:03Z
       
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       @pwaring Yeh rust has quite a learning curve; so I'm not sure it's a good choice for a short time set of projects.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbsEuy1mub3LmQ0HI0 by cobratbq@mastodon.social
       2023-11-16T19:31:54Z
       
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       @penguin42 @pwaring agree. Rust is a lovely language if there is value in spending time to be very exact. The control rust offers in both data mangement and logic structure comes at the cost of having to be more exact and to be more precise in how data gets moved.