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		whateveracct on Feb 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Sof... i just write all my projects in Haskell on any platform so the RTS is a given (or the RTS isn't present at execution time since the executable is generated from a Haskell eDSL) it's truly superior to any other programming language (5+ years of pro experience talking), so why waste my time with the manual labor of imperative programming?

mrkeen on Feb 18, 2021 [–]

I write 90% of my stuff in Haskell. When I need speed, I used to use C, now I use Rust.

> why waste my time with the manual labor of imperative programming

Someone has to. https://github.com/ghc/ghc/tree/master/rts

whateveracct on Feb 19, 2021 | [–]

I'd say about the same. C has its place, and the GHC RTS is a great example.

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