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I think you're eliding a lot of context here. Specifically the context of overzealous Rust fans. There's a strong, though not universal or even majority sentime
by sidlls 8y ago
I think you're eliding a lot of context here. Specifically the context of overzealous Rust fans. There's a strong, though not universal or even majority sentiment that "writing anything in C or C++ is basically the same as committing assault, murder, professional malpractice or other similar hyperbolic claim" that some Rust advocates engage in.
There's a whole meme about the "Rust Evangelism Strikeforce" on n-gate.com for a reason, and that reason is the community on HN has become a caricature of itself.
By the way, this is from a person who made a point to introduce Rust to the team, when even just a year or so ago I'd have preferred C++.
- theprotocol 8y ago>eliding Incidentally, I learned this word from Rust docs (lifetime elision). I'd never seen it in any other context.
- tubs 8y agoTo provide some supporting evidence for this, a choice comment made a couple of days ago: > Rust has many benefits and I find it hard to imagine how anyone manages to get any performance-sensitive work done in the cryptocurrency industry with anything else.
- sidlls 8y agoI've seen every single thing I mentioned ("murder, assault, malpractice") applied to C++ programming in comments in Rust threads.
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