Last month, Tao himself said that we can compare humans and AIs at IMO. He even said such AI didn't exist yet and AIs won't beat IMO in 2025. And now that AIs can compete with humans at IMO under the same conditions that Tao mentioned, suddenly it becomes an apples-to-oranges comparison?

[1] https://lexfridman.com/terence-tao-transcript/

> In other words, only an application that handles video should be using those controls, and as far as I know, pulseaudio is not a such application. Or are it trying to do world domination?

Mauro's first response does seem a bit defensive, and reads like an attempt to justify his actions. It even feels a bit like an accusation against PulseAudio. I didn't know the exact context at the time, but now that I read the entire email, I think I'm getting why Linus was triggered.

    > So I think it is safe to say C# is indeed a minor language

You get the same result from scraping job postings: https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-prog...

    1. JS/TS (note these two are collapsed)
    2. Python
    3. Java
    4. C#

    > See the new TypeScript compiler that is being rewritten in Go

C# is good for many things -- in particular application backends, game engines (both Godot and Unity) -- and not optimal for other things -- like serverless functions. Each language has a place and Go and Python are certainly better for CLI tools, for example.

[0] https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology

Can we rule out sample bias here? After all, Jon Skeet [0] is an important part of the Stack Overflow's C# community.

It might just be the case that C# and Java developers use Stack Overflow more than users of other languages.

[0] https://toggl.com/blog/save-princess-8-programming-languages

    1. JS/TS (note these two are collapsed)
    2. Python
    3. Java
    4. C#

I'd say it's consistent and reliable?

It's not like people use StackOverflow because it's written in C#; people use StackOverflow because Google points us there.

I don't understand this reasoning at all, and I'm hoping you can shed some light on it.

As far as I know, C# supports static methods. Thus, using OO in C# would not have been required, would it?

I feel like I'm missing something here.

   var foo: { bar: { baz: string } }

   var foo struct { bar struct { baz string } } 

    type Platform = "Mastodon" | "Bluesky" | "Threads";

    type Profile = {
      name: string,
      socials: {
        handle: string,
        platform: Platform
      }[]
    }

    function getProfiles() : Profile[] {
      return [{
        name: "Charles",
        socials: [
          { handle: "@chrlschn", platform: "Mastodon" },
          { handle: "@chrlschn", platform: "Bluesky" }
        ]
      },
      {
        name: "Sandra",
        socials: [
          { handle: "@sndrchn", platform: "Threads" }
        ]
      }]
    }

    using Profile = (
      string Name,
      (
        string Handle,
        Platform Platform
      )[] Socials //  Array of tuples in another tuple
    );

    enum Platform { Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads }

    Profile[] GetProfiles() => new[] {
      ("Charles", new[] {
        ("@chrlschn", Platform.Mastodon),
        ("@chrlschn", Platform.Bluesky),
      }),
      ("Sandra", new[] {
        ("@sndrchn", Platform.Threads)
      }),
    };

Considering how fast the TypeScript compiler is, the TypeGo -> Go transpilation might as well be similar (up to a constant factor) in speed to Go compilation itself.

I'd give it a try. As a highly enthusiastic Go programmer, a powerful TypeScript-like type system is something I'd welcome in Go with open arms.

SO is one data point, but there are certainly others.

You get the same result from scraping job postings: https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-prog...

    1. JS/TS (note these two are collapsed)
    2. Python
    3. Java
    4. C#

The thing that they actually wanted is data-centric programming with structural types.

All of the above was easy to implement in Rust

It's more about right tool for the right job.

Good example is Azure CLI; it's Python. Microsoft is also a big contributor in the Python scene[0]

I don't think it's surprising at all that they didn't use C# to write a compiler for TS.

They have internal champions for Rust[1]

I'd say Microsoft is possibly one of the most diverse shops when it comes to tech selection.

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/supporting-the-python-...

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/20/rust_microsoft_c/

I wonder if the author actually tests the site with Netscape!

There is a very nice blog post about someone explaining how they modified their website's CSS to work with some old browser, maybe Netscape, maybe something else, it was well written and fun to follow, but I cannot for the life of me remember where it was from. Maybe someone will read this comment and know what blog post I'm talking about.