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The Rust project wants more developers to use the programming language but admits it has a challenge with adoption. It's oxidized?
And the stains! You can never get them out of your khakis.
Or is it because it never sleeps, and I really need a sleep now?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It's oxidized?
Exactly.
If it can't shine... then the buzzword bingos are not interested on it.
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ZDNet said: Other common reasons are the learning curve, a lack of necessary libraries, and a lack of integrated development environment (IDE) support.
Oh, so nothing major, then.
And how much do you want to bet that ZDNet thinks that a "steep learning curve" is a bad thing?
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Mark_Wallace wrote: And how much do you want to bet that ZDNet thinks that a "steep learning curve" is a bad thing?
Not necessarily bad but it might limit adoption.
Limited adoption is not in itself bad either. Depends on the context. Say some tech is necessary to solve certain types of problem, but the tech has a steep learning curve. It's neither good nor bad, it is what it is.
Relativity has a steep learning curve but it's necessary for implementing the GPS system.
Kevin
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Quote: "The results show the overriding problem hindering use of Rust is adoption,"
So, not being used is what's hindering its use.
modified 21-Apr-20 20:23pm.
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Kinda sounds simple when you put it like that. 
TTFN - Kent
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Chris Dickinson, Engineer at npm, Inc from Rust web site
My biggest compliment to Rust is that it's boring, and this is an amazing compliment.
I'm probably missing his meaning, and he probably means something good, but being boring isn't something that I want from a language.
I think of COBOL when you say a language is boring and I want nothing to do with COBOL.
As a Dev as soon as MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) sets in (because of complexity or esoteria), I am done with a language.
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raddevus wrote: As a Dev as soon as MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) sets in (because of complexity or esoteria), I am done with a language.
I think that's kind of what he was aiming for with that quote - "non-boring" languages may be the ones that try to do things in a cutsey/esoteric way, or that have trapdoors awaiting the developers.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: or that have trapdoors awaiting the developers.
I love the trapdoors. 
You've just fallen through a trap door...
Zork "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
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The U.S., China, and about 100 companies are poised to capture the majority of the world’s data, according to Microsoft. But despite being one of the beneficiaries of that data divide, Microsoft says it wants to close it. "Sharing is caring for someone else."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft says it wants to close it.
Seriously? Looking at the telemetry of windows 10... who would tell?  
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I love my friends
And they love me
And because we really care
Whatever we get, we share
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, and NASA’s celebrating its birthday with another launch: a new search feature to find out what out-of-this-world photo Hubble captured on your birthday. "My God, it's full of stars"
Well, not exactly "on your birthday" (especially if you were born before 1990, but more like, "the best photo from each day of the year"
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So, ten more years and it will need glasses.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Well, not exactly "on your birthday"
Strangely, I have a birthday every year. 
So yes, "on your birthday"; just not "on the day you were born". (The nurses all gathered 'round, ...)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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yes, pet.
TTFN - Kent
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Richard Deeming wrote: Strangely, I have a birthday every year.
I, on the other hand, haven't had a recognisable one for years.
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Back in August 2019, Microsoft announced that it would be bringing the Notepad app to the Store, allowing for faster and more responsive updates to the much-loved app. Oh, finally. I've been looking for a good text editor
Especially one with the ability to text-zoom. /eyeroll
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The question is... is this the version with or without publicity?
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Notepad.exe has been going for years without updates; the current "improvements" are not enough to get one to download notepad since there's better products out there at the same price (free). It's only advantage was that it was part of the system, and as such, you'd always have it preinstalled.
If it is not preinstalled, it is not worth the effort of installing.
IMO, "updating" the application with those new features is a waste of money and resources 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: it is not worth the effort of installing.
Many other "text processors" keep the original format.
I do use it as a mid-stop to avoid moving propietary formats between applications, and for that is one of the best I have seen
Additionally this helps to spot weird chars in URLs too
If they haven't changed that... I think it still is worth the download.
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Any textbox can do that; you could use the CodeProject forum for that even - just remember to not submit your clipboards' contents 
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Scientists manning gravitational wave detectors have reported picking up on vibrations from a distant cosmic collision which eerily harmonizes with the opening chords in Elvis Presley’s 1961 hit ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You’ Elvis never died, he just returned to the stars
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