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I disagree. I believe most people accepting awards really wouldn't have done it without other people. Actors do not win Oscars doing great performances in bad
by soneca 8y ago
I disagree. I believe most people accepting awards really wouldn't have done it without other people.
Actors do not win Oscars doing great performances in bad movies.
Scientists do not win Nobel prizes working alone or in bad work conditions.
I always take these appreciations at face value.
- carlmr 8y agoAnd programmers build on other peoples work. If you take away Rust? Sure he could have done it. If you take away previous work? No way.
- geoelectric 8y agoSure, makes sense. The original argument was that an ecosystem like Python's could have been a possible substitution for Rust, as an example, and therefore it was a baseless statement. Think the analogy with yours would be an equally good screenwriter or scientific collaborator. You need one, but technically maybe not exactly the one you had. That said, not trying to undercut anyone's appreciative statements, especially the one from OP in his repo towards Rust! Obviously people (and programming languages, for that matter) aren't simple drop-in replacements for each other in real life. You have to be inspired and empowered by them. That personal motivation or rapport component is probably what was being missed in the post to which I replied.