The unicyclist on the left is saying the bicyclist is only riding a bike because they don't have enough skill for a unicycle. The unicyclist on the right is saying they can't learn to ride a bike because they've spent too much of their life riding a unicycle. It's a dig at people who don't want to switch to memory-safe languages like rust.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I am both the left guy and right guy. If you can't program without using a memory safe language, it's a skill issue. But I also don't want to switch to rust because I like the challenge of manual memory management. (Also rust's syntax and semantics looks like it was designed by a monkey attacking a typewriter.)

[–] CanadaPlus 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please tell me you just code golf or similar, and aren't making things for people to actually use and maintain.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

No, I don't do anything professionally. I just enjoy challenging myself.

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