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Hard to master doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to master. And the only reason the Rust ecosystem is not more mature is because not enough effort has been put i
by Retra 8y ago
Hard to master doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to master. And the only reason the Rust ecosystem is not more mature is because not enough effort has been put into it. By learning the language and working in it, both of the problems you point out will solve themselves.
This is a classic "being traffic" comparison. If you're in a traffic jam, you are as much the cause of it as anyone else is. Likewise, if the ecosystem is immature, you are as much the reason for that as anyone else who doesn't participate in it.
- EGreg 8y agoThe same could be said about any charity or relief effort, but typically people join the ones that are already easy to join.
- Retra 8y agoI wasn't meaning to imply any obligation that you should be using Rust or anything. My point was only that the reasons people do things are already very familiar to you, so it doesn't do much to be incredulous of their motivations. I don't watch baseball, but I understand why people do it even if I can see no real value in it. People are motivated by a rational advantage far less often than by things like accessibility, familiarity, habit, curiosity, popularity, culture, counter-culture, identity, or need -- all of which are reasons that people use programming languages not present in your list. Perhaps this is just obvious. But I do frequently see people pretending to be objectively objecting -- complaining about traffic that they are themselves the cause of as if they didn't already know the answer to their question.