BB_C

joined 3 years ago
[–] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Fastrand is not cryptographically secure

That's not relevant when it's a question of interface.

fastrand has a single Rng struct that drives everything else. Was the option to replace the implementation details of this struct explored? No idea.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ctrl-F fastrand (0 results)

I had to stop reading very early. Sorry, but if you're going to do this topic, at least acknowledge the other very popular randomness crate, and argue why it wasn't good enough for what you wanted.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

The test suite passes, so it's 100% memory safe according to zig guidelines and standards.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is the way.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

I think the other user meant that ls output is not supposed to be treated as parsable, because the tool doesn't offer any guarantees in that regards.

Shells have built-in support for globbing files anyway. xargs is also not needed. If someone is allergic to using a shell for loop, find always had -exec with ; instead + which wouldn't trip on too many arguments.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Later versions than C99 have no real added value proposition for the real use-cases where C is actually desired as an implementation language.

Later versions than C99 continue to introduce C++isms among other shit, from committee members some of whom probably never coded anything serious in C. This actually sometimes trickles down to compiler implementations even when you're sticking with an older version. So they manage to anger you even when you're keeping a distance.

Despite street myths and stereotypes, most people who choose C for some projects are not grey-hairs stuck in the past and incapable of learning new tools. Many of them in fact do use newer languages like Rust where they see fit. So there is no pressure to pick the one or two features from newer C versions that are maybe possibly can be useful.

Still, for some big projects that are kind of half-stuck with millions of lines of C, while at the same time having immense pressure to deliver maximum reliability AND security, these newer versions could proof useful at times. But the only project that comes to mind that fits this mold is the Linux kernel really. And there, non-standard language extensions are getting used anyway, so it's kind of an exceptional situation, that is also not very portable, but that's not a concern by the very nature of where a kernel sets in the stack.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Actually, I didn't notice your use of clone() which is even worse.

Here is what I had in mind. One can put the T: Default bound on the wrappers themselves to simplify, or add potentially expensive transformations for non-Default types.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Using cells in your solution is smelly, when you can simply use two transparent wrappers with Ref or RefMut access, so you have actual compile-time checking instead of janky checking at runtime (which is also not zero-cost).

The allow/deny variants could themselves hold & or &mut references too if we are going with that route. But it all depends on the precise problem OP is having and what is the best workable solution for it looks like.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Can you clarify/expand on what you mean.
Are the other objects of the same type (so are indeed Self)? Are they in the same Vec or a different Vec or from different Vecs?
Are all the T's in your post the same?
...etc

[–] BB_C@programming.dev -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for spamming info about a 6 month old model just because it was posted in another instance you don't want people to use.

I replied on-topic there.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Try out CrispASR.

[–] BB_C@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There should be a rule against low quality posts.

 

A lot of work in this release was related to porting to other platforms. We did a large number of refactorings to put ELF-specific behaviour behind traits. We've also started work on porting to Mach-O and WebAssembly. These aren't yet ready for use, but if you'd like to help out with porting, get in touch.

Wild now supports the linker plugin API that was originally part of the Gold linker, but which is also supported by GNU ld and Mold. This lets us do linker-plugin LTO (link time optimisation). There are still a few known issues, but it's already working on a good range of programs. Pure Rust projects generally don't use linker plugins, since Rust can do LTO within the compiler, so this is mostly helpful for C, C++ or mixed language projects. Note that when using a linker plugin, link times will be very slow.

Lots more linker-script features were implemented during this release.

[...]

 

Every programming problem I have, when I track it down to it's source, seems to originate with C/C++. It wasn't till a few years ago that I realized how seriously everything I do somehow, some way, has C/C++ as a foundation. Basically every zero-day exploit in my cyber security class is because of something stupid in C/C++. And it goes well beyond security, the more I dive into C++ the more terrible stuff I find. When I found out even Rust needed the clib, it was like seeing an iron-clad fortress only to look closer and see it was being held up by sticks, ducktape, and prayers.

 

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html

Notes

  1. Projects meaningfully sharing two programming languages get 0.5 a point each, even if the split is not exactly half-half.
  2. Two projects are listed under "Multi/Misc/Other" which is opinionated, and some may disagree with.
  3. Three points (5 projects) are assigned to "Unaccounted/Not Available". Two of the projects have no code at all (related to the grant, or otherwise). One project with no published code is (charitably) listed under "Python", however, since the author mentions Python+QT as the choice for implementation.

9.5 (10 projects) Rust

https://git.joyofhardware.com/Products/FastWave2.0
https://github.com/slint-ui/slint
https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server
https://github.com/dimforge
https://github.com/DioxusLabs/blitz
https://github.com/fdtshim
https://github.com/trynova/nova
https://github.com/yaws-rs
https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee
https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

9 Python (8 + 1 project without code)

https://github.com/owasp-dep-scan/blint
https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt
https://github.com/niccokunzmann/open-web-calendar
https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista
https://github.com/DataLab-Platform/DataLab
https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbtlog
https://gitlab.com/py3dtiles/py3dtiles
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
https://rackweaver.app/
(says python+qt, but no code yet)

6 (7 projects) C

https://mntre.com/sources.html
https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi
https://wiki.musl-libc.org/
https://github.com/LekKit/RVVM
https://github.com/skarnet/s6-rc
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)
https://www.gnunet.org/
(gnunet itself is C = 0.5, Anroid work would presumably use Java/Kotlin/Dart/... = 0.5 unaccounted)

3.5 (4 projects) TypeScript

https://github.com/cartesapp/cartes
https://github.com/edumeet
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)
https://github.com/janeirodigital/sai-js
(grant is about specification work. But implementation is in TypeScript)

3.5 (4 projects) Java

https://github.com/slovensko-digital/autogram
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire
https://github.com/MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)

3 Kotlin

https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan
https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky

2.5 (3 projects) Hardware/Verilog/...

https://github.com/opera-platform/opera-dsp
https://github.com/simple-crypto/SMAesH
https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(hardware part = 0.5, software is C++)

2.5 (3 projects) Scheme

https://codeberg.org/spritely/goblins
https://nlnet.nl/project/SchemeTestingFramework
(no external link in grant page)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)

2.5 (3 projects) JavaScript

https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-integration-Nuxt
(no external link)

2 Nix

https://nlnet.nl/project/Nix-ControlPlane
https://github.com/ibizaman/selfhostblocks
(no external link)

2 Go

https://github.com/namecoin/encaya
(namecoint-core is written in C++, but the grant is about encaya)
https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck

1.5 (3 projects) C++

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(software part = 0.5, hardware is Verilog)
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code, but KDE/Plasma is C++, so charitable 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)

1 Clojure

https://github.com/NyanCAD/Mosaic

1 Assembly

https://lib25519.cr.yp.to/
(grant covers NEON vector implementation)

1 Haskell

https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals

1 Julia

https://github.com/PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl

0.5 Shell

https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

2* Multi/Misc/Other

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-linux
(build project, a mix of python, Make, and C from OpenSBI)
https://unifiedpush.org/
(specification for Android and D-Bus. Implementations in Go, C, Kotlin, and Flutter)

3* (5 projects) Unaccounted/Not Available

https://www.gnunet.org/
(possible non-native Android yet to be written)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code but, KDE/Plasma is C++, so 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)
https://nlnet.nl/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation
(no external link or specific info about the implementation)
https://librediagnostic.com/
(fully unaccounted, site pages "under construction")
https://github.com/mapterhorn
(fully unaccounted, from org readme "Coming soon...")

 

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html

Notes

  1. Projects meaningfully sharing two programming languages get 0.5 a point each, even if the split is not exactly half-half.
  2. Two projects are listed under "Multi/Misc/Other" which is opinionated, and some may disagree with.
  3. Three points (5 projects) are assigned to "Unaccounted/Not Available". Two of the projects have no code at all (related to the grant, or otherwise). One project with no published code is (charitably) listed under "Python", however, since the author mentions Python+QT as the choice for implementation.

9.5 (10 projects) Rust

https://git.joyofhardware.com/Products/FastWave2.0
https://github.com/slint-ui/slint
https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server
https://github.com/dimforge
https://github.com/DioxusLabs/blitz
https://github.com/fdtshim
https://github.com/trynova/nova
https://github.com/yaws-rs
https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee
https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

9 Python (8 + 1 project without code)

https://github.com/owasp-dep-scan/blint
https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt
https://github.com/niccokunzmann/open-web-calendar
https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista
https://github.com/DataLab-Platform/DataLab
https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbtlog
https://gitlab.com/py3dtiles/py3dtiles
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
https://rackweaver.app/
(says python+qt, but no code yet)

6 (7 projects) C

https://mntre.com/sources.html
https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi
https://wiki.musl-libc.org/
https://github.com/LekKit/RVVM
https://github.com/skarnet/s6-rc
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)
https://www.gnunet.org/
(gnunet itself is C = 0.5, Anroid work would presumably use Java/Kotlin/Dart/... = 0.5 unaccounted)

3.5 (4 projects) TypeScript

https://github.com/cartesapp/cartes
https://github.com/edumeet
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)
https://github.com/janeirodigital/sai-js
(grant is about specification work. But implementation is in TypeScript)

3.5 (4 projects) Java

https://github.com/slovensko-digital/autogram
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire
https://github.com/MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch
https://github.com/adorsys/open-banking-gateway
(0.5 Java, 0.5 TypeScript)

3 Kotlin

https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan
https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky

2.5 (3 projects) Hardware/Verilog/...

https://github.com/opera-platform/opera-dsp
https://github.com/simple-crypto/SMAesH
https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(hardware part = 0.5, software is C++)

2.5 (3 projects) Scheme

https://codeberg.org/spritely/goblins
https://nlnet.nl/project/SchemeTestingFramework
(no external link in grant page)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/mes
(scheme interpreter, compiler + minimal libc in C = 0.5)

2.5 (3 projects) JavaScript

https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-integration-Nuxt
(no external link)

2 Nix

https://nlnet.nl/project/Nix-ControlPlane
https://github.com/ibizaman/selfhostblocks
(no external link)

2 Go

https://github.com/namecoin/encaya
(namecoint-core is written in C++, but the grant is about encaya)
https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck

1.5 (3 projects) C++

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-versat
(software part = 0.5, hardware is Verilog)
https://github.com/overte-org/overte
(0.5 C++, 0.5 JS)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code, but KDE/Plasma is C++, so charitable 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)

1 Clojure

https://github.com/NyanCAD/Mosaic

1 Assembly

https://lib25519.cr.yp.to/
(grant covers NEON vector implementation)

1 Haskell

https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals

1 Julia

https://github.com/PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl

0.5 Shell

https://git.syndicate-lang.org/synit/synit
(0.5 rust, 0.5 shell)

2* Multi/Misc/Other

https://github.com/IObundle/iob-linux
(build project, a mix of python, Make, and C from OpenSBI)
https://unifiedpush.org/
(specification for Android and D-Bus. Implementations in Go, C, Kotlin, and Flutter)

3* (5 projects) Unaccounted/Not Available

https://www.gnunet.org/
(possible non-native Android yet to be written)
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
(grant is about mobile power management improvements, no idea about the code but, KDE/Plasma is C++, so 0.5 for C++, 0.5 unaccounted)
https://nlnet.nl/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation
(no external link or specific info about the implementation)
https://librediagnostic.com/
(fully unaccounted, site pages "under construction")
https://github.com/mapterhorn
(fully unaccounted, from org readme "Coming soon...")

 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/23822190

I added this language to my watch list some time ago and forgot about it, until I got a notification about a new release (0.15) yesterday.

I'm someone who is familiar with system languages (C, Rust) and shell languages (Bash, Zsh, ..). But don't have much experience, at a proficient level, with any languages setting in between.

So I gave Koto's language guide a read, and found it to be very well-written, and the premise of the language in general to be interesting. I only got annoyed near the end when I got to @base, because I'm an anti-OOP diehard 😉

I hope this one well start to enjoy some adoption.

 

I added this language to my watch list some time ago and forgot about it, until I got a notification about a new release (0.15) yesterday.

I'm someone who is familiar with system languages (C, Rust) and shell languages (Bash, Zsh, ..). But don't have much experience, at a proficient level, with any languages setting in between.

So I gave Koto's language guide a read, and found it to be very well-written, and the premise of the language in general to be interesting. I only got annoyed near the end when I got to @base, because I'm an anti-OOP diehard 😉

I hope this one well start to enjoy some adoption.

view more: next ›