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”While the story above is 100% the result of my imagination, it’s no secret that the Rust fandom has a few overexcited members who feel compelled to enlighten e

by illuminati1911 7y ago

”While the story above is 100% the result of my imagination, it’s no secret that the Rust fandom has a few overexcited members who feel compelled to enlighten every lost soul about the virtues of the Crab-God.” Just like any programming language and probably most of all Go. The fanaticism around it is just next level.

twic 7y ago
It's incredible how Rust stans get so much stick, when there is if anything more blind fanboyism around Go.
- woadwarrior01 7y ago
  Indeed. This is from a comment on this thread: And yet Go programmers are often happy. If the programming language you use is your primary source of happiness, you might want to reflect a bit on what happiness means to you. :)
  - themacguffinman 7y ago
    This is pointlessly dismissive. Is it somehow weird to think that a language you use and think about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week will significantly affect your general happiness? "yet Go programmers are often happy" is a vague and slippery argument for sure, but somehow this response is even worse in how pretentious it is.
blub 7y ago
I can't think of any other programming language discussed on HN besides Rust where hordes of people will doggedly praise it and nitpick any criticism of it to death. Maybe Haskell, although even that doesn't compare. Every mention of Rust on HN feels like a public relations exercise where one is force fed an opinion until they learn to like it. The Go community's actually quite relaxed, all things considered, which makes them look more self-confident and less desperate.
- illuminati1911 7y ago
  Was this supposed to be sarcasm? I have actually never seen anything like what you mentioned when it comes to Rust. I think I have actually lost ~50-70 karma here on HN for constructively calling out some flaws and things I don't like about Go. Hasn't happened with any other languages though. I think the cult mentality with Go is a special kind. Btw. I'm Go developer myself and I do like the language, but I just don't get the "jihadist" attitude that seems to be far too common here on HN.

twic 7y ago

It's incredible how Rust stans get so much stick, when there is if anything more blind fanboyism around Go.

woadwarrior01 7y ago
Indeed. This is from a comment on this thread: And yet Go programmers are often happy. If the programming language you use is your primary source of happiness, you might want to reflect a bit on what happiness means to you. :)
- themacguffinman 7y ago
  This is pointlessly dismissive. Is it somehow weird to think that a language you use and think about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week will significantly affect your general happiness? "yet Go programmers are often happy" is a vague and slippery argument for sure, but somehow this response is even worse in how pretentious it is.

blub 7y ago

I can't think of any other programming language discussed on HN besides Rust where hordes of people will doggedly praise it and nitpick any criticism of it to death. Maybe Haskell, although even that doesn't compare. Every mention of Rust on HN feels like a public relations exercise where one is force fed an opinion until they learn to like it. The Go community's actually quite relaxed, all things considered, which makes them look more self-confident and less desperate.

illuminati1911 7y ago
Was this supposed to be sarcasm? I have actually never seen anything like what you mentioned when it comes to Rust. I think I have actually lost ~50-70 karma here on HN for constructively calling out some flaws and things I don't like about Go. Hasn't happened with any other languages though. I think the cult mentality with Go is a special kind. Btw. I'm Go developer myself and I do like the language, but I just don't get the "jihadist" attitude that seems to be far too common here on HN.