[-] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

The whole premise is wrong, since it's based on the presumption of C++ and Rust being effectively generational siblings, with the C++ "designers" (charitable) having the option to take the Rust route (in the superficial narrow aspects covered), but choosing not to do so. When the reality is that C++ was the intellectual pollution product of "next C" and OOP overhype from that era (late 80's/ early 90's), resulting in the "C with classes" moniker.

The lack of both history (and/or evolution) and paradigm talk is telling.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

No. This one is actually cool, useful, and innovative. And it tries to do some things differently than everyone else.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by BB_C@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html

Notes

  1. Projects meaningfully sharing two programming languages get 0.5 a point each, even if the split is not exactly half-half.
  2. Two projects are listed under "Multi/Misc/Other" which is opinionated, and some may disagree with.
  3. Three points (5 projects) are assigned to "Unaccounted/Not Available". Two of the projects have no code at all (related to the grant, or otherwise). One project with no published code is (charitably) listed under "Python", however, since the author mentions Python+QT as the choice for implementation.

9.5 (10 projects) Rust

https://git.joyofhardware.com/Products/FastWave2.0
https://github.com/slint-ui/slint
https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server
https://github.com/dimforge
https://github.com/DioxusLabs/blitz
https://github.com/fdtshim
https://github.com/trynova/nova
https://github.com/yaws-rs
https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee
https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

9 Python (8 + 1 project without code)

https://github.com/owasp-dep-scan/blint
https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt
https://github.com/niccokunzmann/open-web-calendar
https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista
https://github.com/DataLab-Platform/DataLab
https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbtlog
https://gitlab.com/py3dtiles/py3dtiles
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
https://rackweaver.app
(says python+qt, but no code yet)

6 (7 projects) C

https://mntre.com/sources.html
https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi
https://wiki.musl-libc.org
https://github.com/LekKit/RVVM
https://github.com/skarnet/s6-rc
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)
https://www.gnunet.org
(gnunet itself is C = 0.5, Anroid work would presumably use Java/Kotlin/Dart/... = 0.5 unaccounted)

3.5 (4 projects) TypeScript

https://github.com/cartesapp/cartes
https://github.com/edumeet
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)
https://github.com/janeirodigital/sai-js
(grant is about specification work. But implementation is in TypeScript)

3.5 (4 projects) Java

https://github.com/slovensko-digital/autogram
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire
https://github.com/MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)

3 Kotlin

https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan
https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky

2.5 (3 projects) Hardware/Verilog/...

https://github.com/opera-platform/opera-dsp
https://github.com/simple-crypto/SMAesH
https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(hardware part = 0.5, software is C++)

2.5 (3 projects) Scheme

https://codeberg.org/spritely/goblins
https://nlnet.nl/project/SchemeTestingFramework
(no external link in grant page)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)

2.5 (3 projects) JavaScript

https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-integration-Nuxt
(no external link)

2 Nix

https://nlnet.nl/project/Nix-ControlPlane
https://github.com/ibizaman/selfhostblocks
(no external link)

2 Go

https://github.com/namecoin/encaya
(namecoint-core is written in C++, but the grant is about encaya)
https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck

1.5 (3 projects) C++

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(software part = 0.5, hardware is Verilog)
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code, but KDE/Plasma is C++, so charitable 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)

1 Clojure

https://github.com/NyanCAD/Mosaic

1 Assembly

https://lib25519.cr.yp.to
(grant covers NEON vector implementation)

1 Haskell

https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals

1 Julia

https://github.com/PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl

0.5 Shell

https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

2* Multi/Misc/Other

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-linux
(build project, a mix of python, Make, and C from OpenSBI)
https://unifiedpush.org
(specification for Android and D-Bus. Implementations in Go, C, Kotlin, and Flutter)

3* (5 projects) Unaccounted/Not Available

https://www.gnunet.org
(possible non-native Android yet to be written)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code but, KDE/Plasma is C++, so 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)
https://nlnet.nl/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation
(no external link or specific info about the implementation)
https://librediagnostic.com
(fully unaccounted, site pages "under construction")
https://github.com/mapterhorn
(fully unaccounted, from org readme "Coming soon...")

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submitted 9 months ago by BB_C@programming.dev to c/rust@programming.dev

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html

Notes

  1. Projects meaningfully sharing two programming languages get 0.5 a point each, even if the split is not exactly half-half.
  2. Two projects are listed under "Multi/Misc/Other" which is opinionated, and some may disagree with.
  3. Three points (5 projects) are assigned to "Unaccounted/Not Available". Two of the projects have no code at all (related to the grant, or otherwise). One project with no published code is (charitably) listed under "Python", however, since the author mentions Python+QT as the choice for implementation.

9.5 (10 projects) Rust

https://git.joyofhardware.com/Products/FastWave2.0
https://github.com/slint-ui/slint
https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server
https://github.com/dimforge
https://github.com/DioxusLabs/blitz
https://github.com/fdtshim
https://github.com/trynova/nova
https://github.com/yaws-rs
https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee
https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

9 Python (8 + 1 project without code)

https://github.com/owasp-dep-scan/blint
https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt
https://github.com/niccokunzmann/open-web-calendar
https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista
https://github.com/DataLab-Platform/DataLab
https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbtlog
https://gitlab.com/py3dtiles/py3dtiles
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
https://rackweaver.app
(says python+qt, but no code yet)

6 (7 projects) C

https://mntre.com/sources.html
https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi
https://wiki.musl-libc.org
https://github.com/LekKit/RVVM
https://github.com/skarnet/s6-rc
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)
https://www.gnunet.org
(gnunet itself is C = 0.5, Anroid work would presumably use Java/Kotlin/Dart/... = 0.5 unaccounted)

3.5 (4 projects) TypeScript

https://github.com/cartesapp/cartes
https://github.com/edumeet
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)
https://github.com/janeirodigital/sai-js
(grant is about specification work. But implementation is in TypeScript)

3.5 (4 projects) Java

https://github.com/slovensko-digital/autogram
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire
https://github.com/MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)

3 Kotlin

https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan
https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky

2.5 (3 projects) Hardware/Verilog/...

https://github.com/opera-platform/opera-dsp
https://github.com/simple-crypto/SMAesH
https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(hardware part = 0.5, software is C++)

2.5 (3 projects) Scheme

https://codeberg.org/spritely/goblins
https://nlnet.nl/project/SchemeTestingFramework
(no external link in grant page)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)

2.5 (3 projects) JavaScript

https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-integration-Nuxt
(no external link)

2 Nix

https://nlnet.nl/project/Nix-ControlPlane
https://github.com/ibizaman/selfhostblocks
(no external link)

2 Go

https://github.com/namecoin/encaya
(namecoint-core is written in C++, but the grant is about encaya)
https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck

1.5 (3 projects) C++

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(software part = 0.5, hardware is Verilog)
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code, but KDE/Plasma is C++, so charitable 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)

1 Clojure

https://github.com/NyanCAD/Mosaic

1 Assembly

https://lib25519.cr.yp.to
(grant covers NEON vector implementation)

1 Haskell

https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals

1 Julia

https://github.com/PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl

0.5 Shell

https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

2* Multi/Misc/Other

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-linux
(build project, a mix of python, Make, and C from OpenSBI)
https://unifiedpush.org
(specification for Android and D-Bus. Implementations in Go, C, Kotlin, and Flutter)

3* (5 projects) Unaccounted/Not Available

https://www.gnunet.org
(possible non-native Android yet to be written)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code but, KDE/Plasma is C++, so 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)
https://nlnet.nl/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation
(no external link or specific info about the implementation)
https://librediagnostic.com
(fully unaccounted, site pages "under construction")
https://github.com/mapterhorn
(fully unaccounted, from org readme "Coming soon...")

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submitted 11 months ago by BB_C@programming.dev to c/rust@programming.dev

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/23822190

I added this language to my watch list some time ago and forgot about it, until I got a notification about a new release (0.15) yesterday.

I'm someone who is familiar with system languages (C, Rust) and shell languages (Bash, Zsh, ..). But don't have much experience, at a proficient level, with any languages setting in between.

So I gave Koto's language guide a read, and found it to be very well-written, and the premise of the language in general to be interesting. I only got annoyed near the end when I got to @base, because I'm an anti-OOP diehard 😉

I hope this one well start to enjoy some adoption.

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I added this language to my watch list some time ago and forgot about it, until I got a notification about a new release (0.15) yesterday.

I'm someone who is familiar with system languages (C, Rust) and shell languages (Bash, Zsh, ..). But don't have much experience, at a proficient level, with any languages setting in between.

So I gave Koto's language guide a read, and found it to be very well-written, and the premise of the language in general to be interesting. I only got annoyed near the end when I got to @base, because I'm an anti-OOP diehard 😉

I hope this one well start to enjoy some adoption.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 28 points 1 year ago

What serious Linux users buy GPUs based on raw gaming performance on release week?

I personally buy based on open-source driver support. And this includes long-term active support, AND developer approachability.

My current GPU is an AMD/Radeon one because of that. But I'm reconsidering my position when my next hardware upgrade comes.

I reported an AMD GPU driver issue to mesa once. It was tested, confirmed, and patched by a competent AMD developer within a few days. Now you have easily reproducible issues like this not even going past the testing phase after many months. And there are similar issues across all model generations.

If I were to upgrade my workstation next year, I would probably go with an AMD CPU and an Intel GPU, which is the exact opposite of my current setup 🙃. One should never rely on outdated perceptions.

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[-] BB_C@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago

Yesterday I was browsing /r/programming

:tabclose

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

Hate to break it to you, but you're not really learning.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

You should be thankful it's not 18446744073709551615 days to go.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

While pure Python code should work unchanged, code written in other languages or using the CPython C API may not. The GIL was implicitly protecting a lot of thread-unsafe C, C++, Cython, Fortran, etc. code - and now it no longer does. Which may lead to all sorts of fun outcomes (crashes, intermittent incorrect behavior, etc.).

:tabclose

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 38 points 2 years ago

A reminder that the Servo project has resumed active development since the start of 2023, and is making good progress every month.

If you're looking for a serious in-progress effort to create a new open, safe, performant, independent, and fully-featured web engine, that's the one you should be keeping an eye on.

It won't be easy trying to catch up to continuously evolving and changing web standards, but that's the only effort with a chance.

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[-] BB_C@programming.dev 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Examples ARE usage documentation.

What value is this blog supposed to be adding exactly?
The fact that top-level and API descriptive explanations are important?
The fact that some projects don't have complete documentation?
To whom exactly would this be considered new information?

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago

What’s interesting is that this problem is largely solved for C and C++: Linux distributions like Debian

[closes tab]

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is everyone genuinely liking this!

This is, IMHO, not a good style.

Isn't something like this much clearer?

// Add `as_cstr()` to `NixPath` trait first

let some_or_null_cstr = |v| v.map(NixPath::as_cstr)
  .unwrap_or(Ok(std::ptr::null()));

// `Option::or_null_cstr()` for `OptionᐸTᐳ`
// where `T:  NixPath` would make this even better
let source_cstr = some_or_null_cstr(&source)?;
let target_cstr = target.as_cstr()?;
let fs_type_cstr = some_or_null_cstr(&fs_type)?;
let data_cstr = some_or_null_cstr(&data)?;
let res = unsafe { .. };

Edit: using alternative chars to circumvent broken Lemmy sanitization.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

fn foo(&big, &chungus)

is out,

async fn foo(&BIG_GLOBAL_STATIC_REF_OR_SIMILAR_HORROR, sendable_chungus.clone())

is in.

Or maybe you know

fn foo(&big, &chungus)

is out

async fn foo(big, chungus) -> (big, chungus)

is in

Or

async fn foo(big, chungus) {
  // ...
  tx.send((big, chungus)).await?;
  // ...
}

is in

Moving (movable/sendable) data is not limited by number or direction, you know. And that second one even makes use of them great Hoare channels! And gives us control on how long we hold on to data before sending it back (modified or not). But I digress. Let's go back to the important talking point that Hoare was right!

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