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[cynical]

They won't have any issue with them, the way integration is going. I've already installed several snaps without intending to because Ubuntu makes them...

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I'm not talking about preferences, so no....

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It's using an older kernel, for one. So slow is a bit of an exaggeration though, there wasn't much difference overall between any of these....

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I'm saying that if you could have the performance of C and a quality end product without having to deal with memory management, it would be preferable...

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Weird, I thought the thread was about a desktop environment, or design, or maybe even software....

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Do you enjoy complexity for the sake of it? Time spent on memory management is time taken away from solving problems, and it introduces the potential...

[cynical]

Because the problems arise from features of the language.



If you think avoiding errors is so important, it's surprising to...

[cynical]

No need to get defensive. I'm just pointing out that C is not a perfect language, exactly like JavaScript. In JS, you don't have type errors because types...

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Lua is compiled, JS is not. This gives JS many advantages in terms of being more flexible. If you don't think 10MB applications are lightweight, then...

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The core Gnome parts that require it are written in C. I'm not bashing C, it is what it is, which is one of the most popular system programming languages...

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I don't believe you code. By what standard are you saying C is a 'proper' language compared to JS? The language was brilliant for its time, but broken...

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Why? A game engine and a desktop shell are two completely different beasts. JavaScript itself is a highly expressive, compact, and fairly performant language...

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It's really amazing. We would be spoiled for choice in the free software world with two quality desktops, but we have even more than that. As someone...