> block scoped opt-out with cowboy-style manual memory management Is this a Walt...

tmtvl · 2026-02-12T11:22:14 1770895334

The term 'Cowboy coder' has been around for some time. Everybody's favourite unreliable source of knowledge has issues dating back to 2011: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_coding>

pjmlp · 2026-02-13T08:44:32 1770972272

This was already a thing in Usenet days, an example from 1998

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.lisp/c/tfzX3Sq96Xk/m/0...

arcadia_leak · 2026-02-12T09:50:08 1770889808

Yeah, I just saw his posts too and picked up the term :)

keybored · 2026-02-12T10:52:09 1770893529

It makes sense for someone who has read about D to pick up on Bright phrasing.