JIT + hotspot optimization makes JVM pretty fast, but warmup time is usually the problem. However it does look like they’re addressing startup time with improvements in this release:
If someone wants contracts in C++, now they can just keep using C++. Which is good, because a lot of people and projects are stuck with C++, so the actual question is merely: can you have contracts in your project or can’t you?
what would make you think that such a creature would consider your behavior anything like a moral good, let alone have a similar system of values to yours? if anything it would probably consider it a sign of weakness or something.
I’ve always thought there should be a module-level safety property in the type system such that unsafe would be a capability granted by the user’s code.
To be fair, it is actually less egregious if you’re translating. I have never heard or used this term in my life as a native speaker, so it is a surprising usage.
In French, we say "conscience" and "conscient", so I naturally assumed the English words would be similar. French and English share so many similar words that it's easy to get caught out by a false friend!
Next time, I'll double-check with a translator!
And thanks to correct me!
Assuming we're talking about consciousness for agents, i'd be curious to have your point of view.
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