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    • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
      381·
      5 months ago

      So they’re doing the equivalent of VSCode(ium)'s extensions, but installing them automatically and not giving you the option to use alternatives?

      Blegh.

      • aaro@lemmy.world
        31·
        5 months ago

        I think they auto install some binaries like nodejs that are required for baseline functionality, but have a popup window for additional language LSPs

        • hswolf@lemmy.world
          4·
          5 months ago

          what if I wanted to use deno or bun? I don’t think that should be their decision to install “default” stuff that have alternatives

          I’m all for their improvement tho

          • aaro@lemmy.world
            7·
            5 months ago

            I don’t see your point? Nodejs is installed in a custom directory and not added to PATH. It is used by Zed for providing npm support for extensions, and other things. I’m not a Zed developer so I don’t know exactly.

            It doesn’t prevent you from using deno or bun in any way.

            • hswolf@lemmy.world
              1·
              5 months ago

              I see, that’s greatif it is only locally installed and used, messing with PATH could, probably, break stuff like nvm or others

    • PushButton@lemmy.world
      149·
      5 months ago

      Quoting the guy:

      “that rewriting those in Rust will take an eternity, so not sure what is actionable here, hence closing.”

      That’s Rust shining from all its glories here gentlemen…

      The best language, if there is nothing changing.

      That’s a thing to make a web server or a library that displays Fibonacci, that’s something else when there are humans with changing scopes…

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
        192·
        5 months ago

        Its not Rusts fault, the devs are simply lazy and making insecure products, as they dont want to rewrite everything.

        • PushButton@lemmy.world
          122·
          5 months ago

          That’s what I am saying.

          To quote you: “they don’t want to rewrite everything” …

          Writing Rust often implies major refactoring and it takes so much time to write that your requests go: “pewf” closed due to the amount of effort it takes.

          Anyway, been there, done that! Zig is probably the real future; it’s a joy to write, it compiles fast, clear to read, and safe.

          It has shared libraries and a proper integration with existing C/CPP code base.

          You should try it, that’s an amazing language with a real potential to replace the legacy.

            • PushButton@lemmy.world
              1·
              5 months ago

              Comptime replaces macros/reflection.

              It’s basically Zig code that runs at compile time in your code…

              No other “weird” language to learn; it’s zig all the way. What you would have written in macro is written in zig comptime.

              Even the build system is zig…

              Same for generics, it’s comptime…

        • PushButton@lemmy.world
          44·
          5 months ago

          There are no patch, the issue has been closed as in rejected.

          There are a few tasks that are open that are loosely related, but let’s not mix things up.

          Moreover, I will take the words of the maintainers over a random potato on a forum.

          No offense…

            • PushButton@lemmy.world
              32·
              5 months ago

              As I mentioned, a couple of tasks loosely related. The patch you are mentioning isn’t complete nor address the real problem.

              It is an ugly hack at best.

              Refrain from your urge to defend rust at all costs. You are sliding more and more toward the specifics of a project than the fact I stated about rust in general.

              If you still not get my initial point I’ve made, read this.

              That’s a long read explaining what I meant. My point was about Rust, not Zed or the developers of Zed in particular.

              And for the Zed editor, I wish them the best luck, it seems like a great project that people enjoy.

              Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts on the article above, my dear favorite nutritious veggie.

      • fxdave@lemmy.ml
        35·
        5 months ago

        I use rust only if we need performance, for small services. The industry does the same. People use node for backend but e.g. redis is in rust. It’s a good tool if you use it for the right stuff.

        EDIT: redis is not in rust, but e.g. aws writes many services in rust