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Ask HN: Low-level programming – why are there no new developments?

3 pointsby shekhardesignerover 5 years ago
I understand that &quot;If something isn&#x27;t broke, don&#x27;t fix it&quot;. Lately there have been so many advancement in hardware technology.<p>Yet from software prespective, I see tech is still relaying on C,C++ and the childres of it.<p>Why are there no new development, no new programming languages in this area?

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2fast4youover 5 years ago
There are new developments and languages, just look at Rust or Go. Some argue that Rust could replace C (I do too, but I’m knowledgeable enough to defend it)
pnakoover 5 years ago
There are plenty of developments. Modern C++ is closer to Python than it is to C, while still allowing going down close to the metal if&#x2F;when you need.<p>One thing that would be nice is a language that transparently targets CPUs + GPUs. Right now you still need to shift gear and use a different language and toolset to run code on GPUs. Perhaps this could be achieved using byte code and a virtual machine. Numba does that for Python.
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