[kwlug-disc] 2020

[Doug Moen]

Welcome to the future, everybody.

* Replace my old MacBook Air with a Linux laptop. I don't know which manufacturer/model, though. (Apple is the past, Linux is the future.)

* Learn WebAssembly. Port Curv to WASM.
* Learn more about optimizing compilers. Add a decent optimizer to Curv.
* Learn more about GPU programming. Especially the new WebGPU standard. Port Curv to WebGPU once it becomes viable.
* Learn more about projectional code editors and visual programming languages.

Rust is interesting, but the cost of converting 10,000 lines of C++ code to Rust may outweigh the benefits. Also, certain C++ libraries I need have no proper Rust equivalent, and you can't just wrap the library in a Rust interface via C because template expansion and function call inlining is critical to the performance benefits given by the library. So I will continue to wait and see. Rust may be the future, but I'd prefer something with similar performance and safety that is much easier to use.

WASM is also not ready for prime time: I want performance equal to native code (not 1.5x to 2.1x slower), SIMD, threads, and other stuff (that I know they are working on).

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Ron Singh wrote:
> 
> Weird saying that, 2020.
> 
> Just wanted to drop a quick note -- did not not make it to many 2019 meetings, but am hopeful 2020 will will greet me with a prod to get off my a$$ and get on with participating more.
> 
> I follow much of the discussions with interest, a lot of it is very much past my pay grade, but am always grateful to be privy to the discussions.
> 
> 2020 Linux resolution, , I will get more in the know about bash scripting. What is your 2020 Linux/FOSS resolution?
> 
> All the best for 2020 you generous folks,
> 
> Ron Singh
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