alt Hacker News> We also have the classic example of PHP with numerous not safe stdlib ways to use mysql.
I think it goes without saying that emulating PHP is rarely a good decision.
> We also have the classic example of PHP with numerous not safe stdlib ways to use mysql.
I think it goes without saying that emulating PHP is rarely a good decision.
Don't forget C++ where large parts of the standard library are unusable (regex is slow and unfixable) or soft deprecated (dont use iostreams for formatting, use std::format, etc).
No, I prefer what rust is doing. It suits a system programming language. Which is what Rust is.