2022-12-03

It's Advent of Code time and I'm doing C++. I'm rusty and the language has changed a lot, but honestly it's better than I expected or remembered.

I understand why memory safety is important and that security bugs are regularly found in C/C++ programs because of doing the wrong thing with RAM, but a part of me feels like writing in these langauges is discouraged with the same harshness as rolling-your-own-crypto. (This might just be the HN bubble, though?)

The other language that I'm learning at the moment is Clojure but I don't feel far enough along to try AoC in it yet. Ironically I am writing a very small ActivityPub implementation (mostly an experiment). Writing a web app seems easier (to me!) that doing a lot of data structure manipulation AoC-style.

I'm off to Toronto again on Monday. Last trip of the year, turbo-props both ways and the weather is not terribly cold yet. As an anxious flyer I dislike flying at night, on jets and during the time of year where planes need de-icing. I can't usually avoid all of those, but this is like a 5/6 best case! (Return flight will be at night)