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https://github.com/Roxxik/ping_ether/blob/master/src/main.rs
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People were saying the same thing about non-C++ back in the day. "Web apps aren't written in scripting languages y'know?"
I view this more as "web apps should not be written in C++ due to security issues that we have long come to understand" than "web apps should be written in C++ due to performance issues we are guessing at"... like, do you believe that in a few years people will decide "no, strongly typed and proof assisted languages were overkill for contracts: it was actually better to code them in a language that has weirdly fluid…
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So this is like Medium but with monetised upvotes? Who would pay for upvotes? (and in particular, for a subscription)
Welcome to Reddit Gold?
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professional etherem devs haven't even gotten to the point where they can write correct contracts themselves. but the concept is pretty simple. a "smart contract" is a script that runs on a blockchain to execute terms and manage funds. the problem is that the tools that you use to make these are basically garbage. you don't write fin-tech in what amounts to javascript y'know?
People were saying the same thing about non-C++ back in the day. "Web apps aren't written in scripting languages y'know?"
A poorly written smart contract that handles real money, on the other hand...
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People were saying the same thing about non-C++ back in the day. "Web apps aren't written in scripting languages y'know?"
Difference being that a poorly written web app amounts to some leaked passwords and email addresses. A poorly written smart contract that handles real money, on the other hand...
Yes, it's crazy, but it's also happening.
Though I meet the criteria as stated (knowledge level wise - I'm a retired IT Exec/long time geek), yet this still is a bit too esoteric for me. As one of the 'killer apps' for ethereum is smart contracts, I'd like to see this explained in a 'for dummies' high level way, then decomposed into the finer technical chunks needed to make it happen.
Ethereum allows you to write a program that executes on the blockchain. State variables are synchronized the same way that a Bitcoin blockchain synchronizes sums. (This means it's impossible to have private state that's also synchronized via a blockchain, but in many applications private state isn't needed.)
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People were saying the same thing about non-C++ back in the day. "Web apps aren't written in scripting languages y'know?"
Difference being that a poorly written web app amounts to some leaked passwords and email addresses. A poorly written smart contract that handles real money, on the other hand...
A web app might not touch real money, but a leak can still have real money consequences for the users.
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Difference being that a poorly written web app amounts to some leaked passwords and email addresses. A poorly written smart contract that handles real money, on the other hand...
So? It's their money to lose. Yes, it's crazy, but it's also happening.
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I view this more as "web apps should not be written in C++ due to security issues that we have long come to understand" than "web apps should be written in C++ due to performance issues we are guessing at"... like, do you believe that in a few years people will decide "no, strongly typed and proof assisted languages were overkill for contracts: it was actually better to code them in a language that has weirdly fluid…
This criticism doesn't apply to Ethereum. Solidity is compiled to a VM. You can write other languages that meet your criteria that still use Ethereum.