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Link to previous discussion when this was posted in 2019, along with some comments from the author (I guess it was considered inflammatory enough to be flagged)

Link to previous discussion when this was posted in 2019, along with some comments from the author (I guess it was considered inflammatory enough to be flagged): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19482669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19482669

fortran77 6y ago
It's astounding that was flagged and the moderators left it flagged. Why can't we criticize Rust here?
- gpm 6y ago
  It's poorly argued flamebait. I probably flagged it back then, and I definitely flagged it just now. Go look at the old discussion for lots of examples of why it is poorly argued. If they argued as poorly against C I would probably flag that too.
  - platinumrad 6y ago
    I regularly see completely misinformed statements about C on this site and none of them have ever been flagged.
    - gpm 6y ago
      Pretty sure I've flagged sufficiently misinformed comments about C a number of times. But I do have a lower threshold for flagging stories than comments.
    - tom_ 6y ago
      Be the change you want to see!
- platinumrad 6y ago
  Probably because the criticism was considered to be low quality. However, most programming language related criticism around here is low quality to be frank, but only criticism against certain languages is held to this standard.
  - fortran77 6y ago
    For something so low quality, it sure got a lot of upvotes!
- dang 6y ago
  Moderators don't see everything. Plenty of people criticize Rust here.
- fortran77 6y ago
  And it's been flagged again.
microcolonel 6y ago
I don't agree with all of the points in the article, but the way Drew was shouted down and smacked by mods on the previous HN submission of this article is shameful. “I don't like the quality of the article” wasn't an argument against today's earlier churnalist piece on "Soviet" control rooms, and it shouldn't be one for this either. The previous submission got well over a hundred upvotes, and Drew's additions to the conversation were well received.
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fortran77 6y ago

It's astounding that was flagged and the moderators left it flagged. Why can't we criticize Rust here?

gpm 6y ago
It's poorly argued flamebait. I probably flagged it back then, and I definitely flagged it just now. Go look at the old discussion for lots of examples of why it is poorly argued. If they argued as poorly against C I would probably flag that too.
- platinumrad 6y ago
  I regularly see completely misinformed statements about C on this site and none of them have ever been flagged.
  - gpm 6y ago
    Pretty sure I've flagged sufficiently misinformed comments about C a number of times. But I do have a lower threshold for flagging stories than comments.
  - tom_ 6y ago
    Be the change you want to see!
platinumrad 6y ago
Probably because the criticism was considered to be low quality. However, most programming language related criticism around here is low quality to be frank, but only criticism against certain languages is held to this standard.
- fortran77 6y ago
  For something so low quality, it sure got a lot of upvotes!
dang 6y ago
Moderators don't see everything. Plenty of people criticize Rust here.
fortran77 6y ago
And it's been flagged again.

microcolonel 6y ago

I don't agree with all of the points in the article, but the way Drew was shouted down and smacked by mods on the previous HN submission of this article is shameful. “I don't like the quality of the article” wasn't an argument against today's earlier churnalist piece on "Soviet" control rooms, and it shouldn't be one for this either. The previous submission got well over a hundred upvotes, and Drew's additions to the conversation were well received.

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