Just curious, what programs? I’m obsessed with only using FOSS, maybe I can give you some alternatives.

I actually really appreciate your comments about motivation, it’s one of the things programmers don’t tend to mention on the web. I definitely see my motivation wax and wain. I have my fantastic dream’s that get the better of me too. I guess we can’t all be a Torvalds. 🤷‍♂️

I don’t have any good reason to be interested in performance. That being said, I tend to view inefficient languages- Python and Javascript especially- as “less good.” Granted, python’s ability to be built on top of C libraries is a huge saving grace. Javascript should be replaced by WebASM in IMO. Like you said, the inefficiencies add up as the scale gets larger.

As a disclaimer, I could be swayed to like Javascript. I haven’t been challanged on my view yet.

I’d like to go into embedded programming which is why I’m interested in C and OS dev. Most of the tooling we have (as an internet) is still built for C. I know they’re starting to write parts of the Linux kernel in Rust. How is Rust for that kind of development?

Hence, as you want to write a back-end that’s scalable and readable, you’ve chosen rust over C++.

Such an in-depth response!

What’s your opinion of Dave Plummer’s speed test? I was surprized that assembly wasn’t the fastest of his tests. It really says how amazing compiling has become.

This is the Github project: https://github.com/PlummersSoftwareLLC/Primes

This is the video playlist he made based on that project: https://piped.video/playlist?list=PLF2KJ6Gy3cZ5Er-1eF9fN1Hgw_xkoD9V1

Personally I’m just a hobbiest, I’m not really fluent in anything. I want to hack together a (extremely simple) OS. I’d imagine C++ is close to the effiency of Rust, no?

That actually sounds really sick. I’ve been learning C myself. (Yes, I know it’s a little outdated).

Well congrats on the baby!

I’d like chickens and a garden some day too, but I’ll have to wait until I can manage to buy a house. Sounds great though.