alt Hacker News> block scoped opt-out with cowboy-style manual memory management
Is this a Walter Bright alt? I've seen him use the cowboy programmer term a few times on the forum before.
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arcadia_leak • yesterday at 9:50 AM
Yeah, I just saw his posts too and picked up the term :)
keybored • yesterday at 10:52 AM
It makes sense for someone who has read about D to pick up on Bright phrasing.
The term 'Cowboy coder' has been around for some time. Everybody's favourite unreliable source of knowledge has issues dating back to 2011: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_coding>