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Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++

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611 points LorenDB | 4 comments | 06 May 25 17:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. brundolf ◴[06 May 25 23:19 UTC] No.43910663[source]▶
Wait, Godbolt is someone's name?
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2. frankwiles ◴[06 May 25 23:33 UTC] No.43910742[source]▶
Yes and he’s a really cool nice guy to boot!
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3. brundolf ◴[06 May 25 23:59 UTC] No.43910891[source]▶
I almost want to call this nominative determinism

I always thought it was called godbolt because it's like... Zeus blowing away the layers of compilation with his cosmic power, or something. Like it's a herculean task

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4. tialaramex ◴[07 May 25 10:37 UTC] No.43914083{3}[source]▶
Another example: eBay is because its founders solo consulting business "Echo Bay Technology Group" owned ebay.com and so when he built his auction web site on that domain everybody just called the auction site "eBay" anyway.