> Why every release of Rust appears on HN? Perfectly fine question. > (meanwhile Python, Node, Ruby, Perl, PHP, etc... don't enjoy that same treatment) This

> Why every release of Rust appears on HN? Perfectly fine question. > (meanwhile Python, Node, Ruby, Perl, PHP, etc... don't enjoy that same treatment) This is the part that's getting downvoted. It's needlessly snide, especially because it's not actually true — you'll see posts about plenty of language on the home page, posts about the progress of C++ working groups get frequent attention, etc.