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I agree. I'm mostly a C coder but I've been on the Rust train since pretty early and I remember being pretty confused when they started putting emphasis on the
by simias 8y ago
I agree. I'm mostly a C coder but I've been on the Rust train since pretty early and I remember being pretty confused when they started putting emphasis on the Rust branding with logos, the whole "rustacean" thing, conferences, forums etc... In hindsight I get it but originally there was a bit of a culture shock. I mean I don't wear C T-shirts and as far as I can tell there's not really a standard C logo either.
Maybe we should find a cool demonym like "c-lions" or "c-weeds" or whatever. Then we'll be able to ask the real questions like "is C webscale?".
Now I'm being a bit snarky but I genuinely understand why newer languages need branding nowadays, but in the case of C that ship has sailed long ago, you don't really need to introduce it, it's just C.
- glitchc 8y agoC has always had a defacto logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/The_C_Programming_Language_cover.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/The_C_Program...
- hoosieree 8y agoPeople often think that book's title is "The C Programming Language" but if you look closely it's really "The Programming Language" and the blue-and-white logo is a linked list diagram. There's a blue circle around the base of the list's "next" pointer, which unfortunately is white on a white background. By convention, C programmers know it it's unsafe to guess where the arrow points, so this has never been a problem.
- flukus 8y agoThere's also a theme song: https://i.imgur.com/Yd00GWf.gif https://i.imgur.com/Yd00GWf.gif There's a youtube version with singing around somewhere but I can't link from work
- bitwize 8y agoIn order to avoid becoming a niche language nobody uses due to the network effects of C's ubiquity, and to achieve its goal of completely replacing C as much as is practically feasible, Rust needs buy-in and what economists call pre-committing. That is to say, it needs thought leaders to accept that Rust is the future and commit to building things in Rust, even when it doesn't make sense to do so in the current climate. Hence the heavy emphasis on marketing and RESF psyops. > "c-lions" C-lioning - n. Derailing a discussion by "politely" demanding evidence that obviously unsafe programming practices are unsafe and should never be used. E.g., "Can you tell me, exactly, why aliased pointers are bad?"
- dcbadacd 8y agoI'm really sorry, but I'd kind-of want to know exactly, why aliased pointers are bad?
- mjlee 8y agoJetBrains got there already! https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/
- rumcajz 8y agoI want a C t-shirt.
- dTal 8y ago"C-monkey"
- kkarakk 8y agoC-slug