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How is "implemented in Rust" relevant for anything but bragging rights for using some obscure programming language. Your software has not more inherent value j

by sprash 7y ago

How is "implemented in Rust" relevant for anything but bragging rights for using some obscure programming language. Your software has not more inherent value just because it is written in Rust.

yreg 7y ago
It is relevant for this forum, especially since the project is opensource.
kgraves 7y ago
Yeah, I keep seeing this a lot, I generally don't care that a tool is 'written in X'. If a tool solves my problem I just use it.
openfuture 7y ago
Disagree. Free software lives as long as people keep committing to it. If people want to learn rust they will maybe do so through contributions to free software. You see where this argument us going, language matters.
Jallal 7y ago
Rust is far from being "an obscure programming language", and I'm pretty sure there are people here on HN that may find useful to browse the source code of a real world application in Rust (and who don't give a shit about the software per se). Such comment would have made sense if this software was promoted in a more general board/website, but HN audience is mostly compound by developers, so technical aspects matter. On top of that, it also gives an idea about the popularity of a programming language.
dlivingston 7y ago
Given that you have to compile from source for macOS and Windows, knowing that you need to have `rustc` installed is indeed a pre-req. Why is it featured so heavily, instead of just in the build instructions? I don't know. Marketing? It appears to be by developer(s), for developers, and in the dev space Rust is very vogue right now.
njharman 7y ago
> relevant for anything but bragging rights Why do you assume bragging rights are not relevant enough? Languages get mindshare because people see others using them to make stuff. Bragging is essential for growing languages. People interested in rust but not particularly pixel editors, like several in this thread more interested in the graphics stack/current state of rust gui/graphics than pixel editor itself.
0xdead 7y ago
It's a known tactic to get your projects on the HN frontpage.

by sprash 7y ago

How is "implemented in Rust" relevant for anything but bragging rights for using some obscure programming language. Your software has not more inherent value just because it is written in Rust.

yreg 7y ago

It is relevant for this forum, especially since the project is opensource.

kgraves 7y ago

Yeah, I keep seeing this a lot, I generally don't care that a tool is 'written in X'. If a tool solves my problem I just use it.

openfuture 7y ago

Disagree. Free software lives as long as people keep committing to it. If people want to learn rust they will maybe do so through contributions to free software. You see where this argument us going, language matters.

Jallal 7y ago

Rust is far from being "an obscure programming language", and I'm pretty sure there are people here on HN that may find useful to browse the source code of a real world application in Rust (and who don't give a shit about the software per se). Such comment would have made sense if this software was promoted in a more general board/website, but HN audience is mostly compound by developers, so technical aspects matter. On top of that, it also gives an idea about the popularity of a programming language.

dlivingston 7y ago

Given that you have to compile from source for macOS and Windows, knowing that you need to have `rustc` installed is indeed a pre-req. Why is it featured so heavily, instead of just in the build instructions? I don't know. Marketing? It appears to be by developer(s), for developers, and in the dev space Rust is very vogue right now.

njharman 7y ago

> relevant for anything but bragging rights Why do you assume bragging rights are not relevant enough? Languages get mindshare because people see others using them to make stuff. Bragging is essential for growing languages. People interested in rust but not particularly pixel editors, like several in this thread more interested in the graphics stack/current state of rust gui/graphics than pixel editor itself.

0xdead 7y ago

It's a known tactic to get your projects on the HN frontpage.