Comment on Snac: A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sugoidogo@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  C is also faster than JavaScript, uses less memory, and memory safety isn’t impossible in C either. I wouldn’t consider a scripting language to even be a choice for writing a backend server if I can use a compiled language instead.

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  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    memory safety isn’t impossible in C

    In practice it is.

    C is also faster than JavaScript, uses less memory, I wouldn’t consider a scripting language to even be a choice for writing a backend server if I can use a compiled language instead.

    Neat.

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  • jewbies@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Id just like to point out that there is no such thing as “compiled” languages. The compiler or interpretor is the implementation of the spec. Did you know that there are interpreted versions of c?

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• eutampieri@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m a rust fan, but may I remind you that the Linux kernel is mostly C?

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• 56_@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel like snac is social media made specifically for people who like C though. I’m sure most users of it are well aware of the implications.

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• z3r0_Geek@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How is that?

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  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    C is a “memory unsafe” language. There are whole categories of security vulnerabilities that simply aren’t possible in memory-safe languages that C allows. There is no good reason to continue using C anymore for new projects if you care at all about security.

    www.cisa.gov/…/product-security-bad-practices

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