2026-07-01 00:10 UTC
@rq4c@mastodon.world @0x7700e6@mastodon.catgirl.cloud @fargate@tech.lgbt there's nothing that much convoluted here, the declarative configuration model is quite useful for mass deploying workstations, and the interpreter of those config files is written in C++ and so what? C++ gets compiled to binary whatsoever, like the Linux kernel itself. To me, there is absolutely nothing wrong or unusual here, I really don't get what you're laughing about?
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@rq4c@mastodon.world 2026-07-01 13:12
@adzetko@rivals.space @0x7700e6@mastodon.catgirl.cloud @fargate@tech.lgbt Same algorithm in different languages does not compile to same binary. Back in the day, systems programming was done in C: lean, fast, efficient. World's first bank trading system occupied 256k RAM: 128 for the OS, 128 for the application. Try doing that in C++ or any other OO language. The world is burning: we need to go back to lean and efficient. You're right, I shouldn't have laughed, I should have cried. But, it's only a config interpreter in a world of AI…