Post #2020791
2026-04-24 07:56 UTC
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@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-24 08:08
20:15 - please spend no more than 10 minutes on this question. 51:35 - next question.
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@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-24 19:23
Fabian talked some about how languages are fundamentally tools, and they're all flawed, and no one language will solve all problems. And I absolutely agree. Some people spend a lot of time creating new languages, and I'm just not sure it's productive.
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@lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-24 10:34
@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place @rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place metaprogramming: i can only stand it once i have a pipeline that keeps a perfect trace of source locations for each element: where did the original expression come from, and where, if any, is the macro that expanded it? (which has its own trace but you don't need this information in the initial report, just the point of entry) the problems are at transition points, e.g. when generating C code. i can only specify a # line, so filename + line. no column, let alone a trace.
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@rjurga@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-24 13:44
@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place Does it mean there won't be a podcast episode with you down the line? I don't see a problem listening to you repeating the same answers a second time.