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Because the author (Armin Ronacher) loves Rust. And because common sense is lame.

• guitarbill 10y ago
  That's very disingenuous as Armin Ronacher/mitsuhiko has done so much for Python.
  • thesmallestcat 10y ago
    Disingenuous? I'm not lying, he is publicly a Rust enthusiast. It would be no less true if I said this about Steve Klabnik regardless of his contributions to Ruby on Rails.
    • jjawssd 10y ago
      The hivemind hates people like you that point out the elephant in the room
    • DasIch 10y ago
      Armin might like Rust but that doesn't mean that's why it was chosen in this case. In fact the article provides a reason: they already had a Rust library for source maps and that is a very good reason to go with Rust. More generally though you're being unfair by not even seriously considering the option that there could be a legitimate reason. Also you're simply being an insulting with your common sense comment. You are being disingenuous, for pretending this is about truth in some way and you're coming across as being an asshole by insulting people.
      • thesmallestcat 10y ago
        Huh, I wonder who's responsible for their adoption of Rust in the first place. A real brain-teaser, this one. Anyway my point stands (and glad to see I've ruffled some feathers): Cython is the dull and maintainable choice here. Tell me which story is better for the new hire who has to work on this (David Cramer's shop is plainly a Python shop): 1) python setup.py install. Read a Cython tutorial. 2) Install the Rust toolchain and learn Rust. Hope that the language hasn't changed drastically in the past month. Hm... But I appreciate the "asshole" ad hominem.
        • steveklabnik 10y ago
          Rust has been stable for a year and a half, it won't "change drastically" like that.
    • mkawia 10y ago
      Isn't it common sense for a person who's been writing programs in a high level programming language to use a safe low level programming language.
      • thesmallestcat 10y ago
        Yes, Nim would be an excellent choice. See how you missed the point?
    • steveklabnik 10y ago
      The issue is not if Armin (or myself) likes Rust; the issue here is that you're asserting that Armin chose Rust because he lacks common sense. Given that there's an entire article about the technical merits (and success) of this approach, and Armin is someone who is known for building excellent, widely used software, well...
      • thesmallestcat 10y ago
        Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! /me waits for pcwalton too Sorry, writing a blog post, while it is Armin Ronacher's forte (yes, I use the full name as we are not on first-name basis like other HN cool kids are), does not disprove that this is the riskier choice and was made because the author likes Rust.
        • zeeg 10y ago
          I don't care about Rust or even like it. Armin made a great decision here and I, and everyone else at Sentry back it. Go troll somewhere else.
          • thesmallestcat 10y ago
            I'm not trolling, and you should know that people can make poor decisions in groups too.