[kwlug-disc] 2020

[CrankyOldBugger]

When people ask me what I'll be doing next year, I say "How should I know?
I don't have 2020 vision!"


On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 18:40, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> 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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