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Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ksp@jlai.lu to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.

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[–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So they should say that it is written with performance in mind. I don't care how you achieved that. rust, c++, assembly, whatever.

I care because performant and secure C++ is much harder to achieve while rust "shepherds" you towards it.

See https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/its-not-what-programming-languages-do.html

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't care how easy it is for the developer. And modern c++ is slightly harder than rust, but not all that difficult to get right with smart pointers and iterators etc.

[–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you care about your software being stable and secure, you should care about how easy the programming language used makes and encourages that.

People aren't robots and make mistakes often.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

translating readable, maintainable code to an unmaintanable mess to solve a couple of issues thit might not be there in the first place, is not so much a winning proposition.

An os? sure. A text editor? not so much