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Brutal OS reached milestone 4

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Re: Brutal OS reached milestone 4

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

0des wrote: post #45
yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #44

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Ergonomics are important, and ignoring or powering through something that can injure you is a poor choice.

You know what you're doing right now. Stop it. We are not dainty wristed aliens yet. I love velcro shoes and elastic waistbands as much as the next guy, but this is bordering on comedy. How do you people lift a coffee cup with a straight face while saying this type of stuff?

> You know what you're doing right now. Stop it.

I'm raising valid disagreement in good faith. I don't think I will.

> We are not dainty wristed aliens yet. I love velcro shoes and elastic waistbands as much as the next guy, but this is bordering on comedy. How do you people lift a coffee cup with a straight face while saying this type of stuff?

While I'm glad your massive hulk wrists are totally immune to RSI, the rest of us mere mortals have to deal with ergonomic issues if we spend any significant time on a keyboard. It's not a matter of strength; lifting a coffee cup once is fine, lifting it a thousand times a day at increasingly awkward angles is a lovely recipe for injury.

Re: Brutal OS reached milestone 4

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Post by jibbers »

copperx wrote: post #63
rwmj wrote: post #48

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Honestly the amount of crazy code involved in Linux font rendering[1], and then you get to CJKV support[2], it's mind-boggling. Even then, it's nowhere near as good as macOS :-/ [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz [2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun...

I'll disagree. Linux has better font rendering than Windows and macOS.

Can you expand on that a little? I know a little bit about how Windows and macOS handle font rendering, but I know nothing about how Linux does things.

Re: Brutal OS reached milestone 4

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Post by Ygg2 »

msla wrote: post #55
Ygg2 wrote: post #40

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> A language like C but with lambdas isn't really C, not that that's a bad thing. At that point, why not just use Rust?

Because I might, in some conceivable future, wish to implement that obscure data structure the doubly-linked list.

Shrug. And?

You can implement it and it's a bit harder in Rust https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/index.html

Re: Brutal OS reached milestone 4

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Post by Ygg2 »

ianai wrote: post #58
Ygg2 wrote: post #49

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Did Unix? Does C with lambdas has its K&R? I don't see why it's some sort of requirement.

Someone somewhere once likened UNIX to the OS version of C to me, or something like that. There's also the various books on UNIX from those days. My question though was more about rust as a language. Does it have a golden standard introduction to it like C does. Not 'some sort of requirement', but genuine interest in a clear path to learn the language.

> My question though was more about rust as a language. Does it have a golden standard introduction to it like C does.

You'd have to be specific. If you are looking for simplicity, nothing will ever beat C, but just because a languague is simple doesn't mean it's easy to program. See Brainfuck.

Generally Rust Book is considered a gold standard, but I rarely read them unless I am truly at a loss what next.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

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