Software engineering, Rust, Zig, embedded
I am usually also sceptical about AI but I think it could be a useful technology (LLMs). However, it seems to me that currently we have the technology but did not find the best use cases for it. So we throw it like cooked pasta against the wall in the hopes that something sticks at the wall.
As far as I understood, the robot taxis may start production by 2026 or 2027. Shouldn’t we live all on Mars by then, according to Musk?
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What are your goals?
If you want to learn another language just for the fun of it (the best reason) than learn both.
Of you want to improve your tool set to be able to land a job, then there is no good answer. Probably some other high level language like Python, Java, JavaScript, C#. Etc.
Also: Zig bay be easier to get started when coming from C, because it is mostly imperative.
Rust introduces concepts from functional programming. This could be interesting for you, of you don’t have any experience in functional programming to get in touch with other programming styles. Or not, of you explicitly don’t want to learn such things.
I use both languages, and I enjoy both. Shameless plug: I’ve written a blog post ~ 2 years ago what I like about each language: https://zigurust.gitlab.io/blog/posts/three-things/
Besides streaming, i.e. the capability to watch the movies and series when you want and how much you want, and lowering the entry to produce videos for more people, they pretty much reinvented cable. Or did I miss something substantial?
That’s the reason I’m deeply offended. I’m german too. 😉
Funny video (at least for me) that explains why it is not so simply to react to bear attacks: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Se44YdrjZzU
My understanding of the whole “being beneficial for humanity” is that:
Having said that, I think LLMs or Machine Learning can be used for useful things but I also think - as stated - the message " being beneficial for humanity" is hollow in a broader sense.
I find Zig a language wuth very good WASM support out of the box and it is mostly imperative in nature.
It is currently pre 1.0 and has some rough edges.
Neovim maybe? 😉
And, I must add, he’s doing something with his life.
I actually hope for a spaceship full of billionaires on the way to Mars. What possibly could go wrong?
Thanks for your reply. This extends “smashing the stack for fun and profit” in an important way.
That’s what they all say 😉
Jokes aside: have fun.
This is an old paper that it explains the basics: https://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs588/static/stack_smashing.pdf
Today there are a lot of mitigations where the steps of the paper don’t work anymore, but the general ideas should be still valid. I’ll hope you find the example you are looking for in there.
On another note: What is your intention? And can I participate 😈
Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire
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