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DonFromWyoming

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    Comment #40293723

    No. The headline is truthful. I subscribed to SA for 50+ years, saving old copies. About 15 years ago I got sick of the bias and threw out all the old issues. It ceased being scien…

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    Comment #11730903

    Steve - did you read the FAQ? They really don't know what direction to go. At least Swift stuck with ARC, being a necessity as they were tasked with merging Swift with the Objectiv…

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    Comment #11728106

    Go is unsuitable as a replacement for C because it is garbage collected. End of discussion. Rust is unsuitable as a replacement for C because its memory management is poorly though…

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    Comment #11661736

    For the simple case with a single iterator, yes the C-style for loop isn't as concise. However, there are lots of real-world situations where there is not a single iterator (e.g. l…

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    Comment #11660626

    The removal of prefix and postfix ++ and -- operators and the removal of C-style for loops are mistakes, IMO.

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    Comment #11565370

    It's called socialism folks. Government ownership of the means of production. Full stop.