When should you use auto in C++? https://herbsutter.com/2013/08/12/gotw-94-solution-aaa-style-almost-always-auto/ argues that it's safer, more readable and more consistent.
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TIL Tcl has a notion of 'safe interpreters', a mode where you can run untrusted code in a sandbox: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/safe.htm
Not many programming languages have this, but it's way safer to include in the implementation than try to build as a userland library.
@friend It seems like people find Zig comptime easier to reason about, hence the interest in introducing it to other languages.
That seems worth something. I still prefer Lisp/Clojure style macros over safer Scheme/Rust macros. Lisp macro implementations are closer to typical code.
"it’s safer to add or remove classes on a specific HTML node than to add or remove styles in a class that applies on many elements"
A defence of utility-first CSS, and how semantic classes can convey less information:
