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0 pointssmartmic4mo ago0 comments

I am somewhat concerned about the volatility. All three languages have their merits and each has a stable foundation that has been developed and established over many years. The fact that the programming language has been “changed” within a short period of time, or rather that the direction has been altered, does not inspire confidence in the overall continuity of Ladybird's design decisions.

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0x00cl4mo ago

Ladybird as a project is not that old, and it's still in pre-alpha, if they are going to make important changes then it's better now than later.

jsheard4mo ago

> I am somewhat concerned about the volatility.

Not just volatility but also flip-flopping. Rust was explicitly a contender when they decided to go with Swift 18 months ago, and they've already done a 180 on it despite the language being more or less the same as it was.

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boxed4mo ago

There's been some fun volatility with the author over the years. I told him once that he might want to consider another language to which he replied slightly insultingly. Then he tried to write another language. Then he tried to switch from C++ to Swift, and now to Rust :P

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