> - The syntax is very weird after writing too much C#. Sometimes I have the feeling, that declarations are reversed just for the sake of it.
It's really C and languages directly derived from it which are the odd ones out. "postfix type" ordering dates back to at least Pascal, and is very common especially but not solely amongst languages with type inference.
Just look at what more direct C derivatives have to do to back-fill type inference: invent some weird-ass pseudo-type to take the type's place. I also think it maps better to how I read / write / think. "f is an integer", the definition of f is more relevant than its type.
> - I can parse 2GB of simple JSON files in less than 20s. I'm awed.
100MB/s doesn't seem that impressive? rapidjson or serde can do several times that, simdjson reaches 2GB/s.
It's really C and languages directly derived from it which are the odd ones out. "postfix type" ordering dates back to at least Pascal, and is very common especially but not solely amongst languages with type inference.
Just look at what more direct C derivatives have to do to back-fill type inference: invent some weird-ass pseudo-type to take the type's place. I also think it maps better to how I read / write / think. "f is an integer", the definition of f is more relevant than its type.
> - I can parse 2GB of simple JSON files in less than 20s. I'm awed.
100MB/s doesn't seem that impressive? rapidjson or serde can do several times that, simdjson reaches 2GB/s.