Some of the UN people seem to really mean and understand it (Simon Stiell, Antonio Guterres), but don’t have the power.
That’s absolutely by design. Nobody in a position to change course can be allowed to have a dissenting attitude.
The roadblocks and institutional inertia of the UN is its entire purpose.
Jesus Ballsack Christ, language!
Only if it’s performance sensitive. Otherwise you’re wasting programmer time both writing and reading the code, and you’ve made it less maintainable with more complexities where bugs can creep in.
The vast majority of the time you can afford a few wasted bits.
Honestly though I don’t quite understand why a compiler couldn’t optimise this process. Like it knows what a boolean is, surely it could reduce them down to bits.
Honestly it’s not that Gabe or Valve is a FOSS champion, it’s just that FOSS is the only viable alternative to a potential Windows walled garden, so it’s what they used.
If SteamOS plays a significant role in killing Windows, the credit will still belong to the FOSS movement. They are the ones that laid the ground for SteamOS to stand on, and they are the ones who ensured it couldn’t be fenced in once more.
Is the CEO trying to short the stock or are they just that out of touch?
Are you sure you couldn’t have voted harder or something?