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Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] -5 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I feel like this could have been avoided if Torvalds had allowed himself to use C++, instead of suffering the ritualistic pains and frustrations of C for an entire career.

Anyone would lose their love of the craft after that. AI isn't how you find it again, and it makes me sad to see. Not sad in a depressed/AI doomerism way, but sad in a "the people I looked up to are old and washed up now" way.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Ah yes, because c++ is famously very enjoyable to work with

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    famously

    C++ is one of the most memed languages in computing history. The number of people who have an "opinion" on it is far, far larger than the number of people who actually work with it (or have ever worked with it...or any programming language).

    My comment was kind of a joke, but not really. It's ancient history at this point, but there some not-super-solid arguments as to why the kernel bans C++.

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