Disclaimer: I pretty much don’t like Rust, but most criticism of it boils down to culture war.

  • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Some people just drink the cool aid and decide they have found their new Lord and savior in a programming language. Others just add a new tool to their toolbox.

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      22 hours ago

      And some people pretend Rust is literally Satan, because the Code of Conduct, meanwhile companies like Twitter use it, projects like Ladybird use it, etc.

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          17 hours ago

          I know. My main grief with it is that it should have been a memory safe language closer in looks and paradigm with C, but many of those alternatives are still new. Would have solved some of the drama surrounding Rust integration.

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      19 hours ago

      Rust is the future. Notice how the C design committees are scrambling to replicate what rust does while C continues to lay eggs everywhere it goes