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Not trying to dismiss this person's work in any way, but is there any reason why this blog post should be considered notable? They clearly say at the end that t
by 0815test 8y ago
Not trying to dismiss this person's work in any way, but is there any reason why this blog post should be considered notable? They clearly say at the end that they've yet to write any real-world code in either Rust or Go, and so far have just been learning about either language - so how come that this shoots up to the top of HN? Is it just the magic keywords "Rust" and "Go" that do that?
- dpc_pw 8y agoI am a Rust fanboy, and I can't see anything worthwhile in this article. I joke that any love-story about Rust will get you to a front page of HN. Yeah, Rust is awesome, and many people love it, but it is a bit ridiculous.
- vonseel 8y agoI wonder a little about the source of the name "Rust". That seems like an odd choice for a language name - not that it matters. Rust - being associated with old metals - makes me think of something that's been left out and abandoned. Maybe because I'm from a rural part of the country where you see a lot of rusted metal sheds or abandoned structures. Go, on the other hand, makes perfect sense - "let's go!" implies that it is something that is made to get things done and also being the first two letters of Google.
- steveklabnik 8y agoIt’s got multiple associations, the “well-worn tool” one is one of them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus) is another.