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Re: "I tried out Hare shortly after it was publicly announced..."
While I have taken an interest in Hare, I have so far failed to see why I should use it over C.
2023-08-24 · 5 weeks ago
Honestly, in a lot of cases there probably isn't a good reason to do so. Particularly if you're comfortable in C. I do like certain features, and in particular it has actual error handling at the language level, but both are sufficiently minimalist that they're largely interchangeable. Which gives C the edge just based on portability.
Still, I think it's a good design and I'm glad it exists.
I tried out Hare shortly after it was publicly announced and found it pretty cool then, but haven't gone back to it again until recently. It's got a really minimalist ethos, which I really like. I did have to patch the port on FreeBSD to get it to work there, but it was a single line added to config.mk. Hopefully the maintainer will act on it quickly. Dr Brian Callahan has it working on OpenBSD as well. It only supports open source operating systems, which I find I like. Currently working on...
💬 jeang3nie · 4 comments · 2 likes · 2023-07-19 · 2 months ago