Comment by jstrong

Comment by jstrong 8 hours ago

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ripgrep is one of the main reasons I got interested in rust. it worked so well, it piqued my interest that it was written in rust. many years later, very glad about that. been using `rg` daily since then as well!

blux 3 hours ago

nibbles is one of the main reasons I got interested in qbasic. it worked so well, it piqued my interest that it was written in qbasic, very glad about that. been using `nibbles` daily since then as well!

  • CJefferson an hour ago

    I haven’t used qbasic in years, but hacking on nibbles is why I learnt qbasic, and I’d say that experience is a decent early chunk of why I’m an AI professor now. Nothing wrong with playing with languages that feature software you love!