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It retreads the same old, tired argument that Rust developers have been disproving it for so long, i.e. "Just write good C code" or in this case "Just battle te
by zanellato19 6y ago
It retreads the same old, tired argument that Rust developers have been disproving it for so long, i.e. "Just write good C code" or in this case "Just battle test it"
- simion314 6y agoSo this means it should be flagged?
- pjmlp 6y agoNot at all, thing is, are you sure it was a Rust fanboy?
- simion314 6y agoYou think it was an Apple or Arch fanboy?
- pjmlp 6y agoNo, I think it was a random dude on Internet without any way to prove who did it.
- simion314 6y agoSure it is possible, someone that is not attached to Rust just decided to hide some criticism, but IMO this chance is almost Zero. At least we agree that flagging should be used only for out of scope articles or truly terrible ones like "I wrote an incomplete, undocumented,unsupported, unremarkable, buggy piece of code in Rust"
- Rusky 6y agoPerhaps the flagger simply put this post in the "truly terrible" category- it retreads old and tired arguments without ever introducing any new depth or nuance.
- simion314 6y agoYes, the possibility is not zero, it would be great if flagging would always ask for a reason (similar with reporting on reddit ,where you have to specify the rule that is broken and everyone could see what was flagged and why) Though don't you think that your criteria would affect all the "X subpar re-implemented in Rust" submissions there are same thing all the time only X changes.
- Rusky 6y agoSure? I didn't say anything about other submissions. I honestly don't know which ones you have in mind anyway, so anything I could say would just be a guess. :)
- pjmlp 6y agoNope, that is the typical conspiracy theory of hanging people on trees without proofs.
- ghoward 6y agoAuthor here. My argument is actually that Rust cannot replace C because it's not portable enough. I would love for Rust to be portable enough.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoGavin, I don’t know you but let me just take this opportunity to say that I think you’re an incredible person and a smart talented hacker. The idea that software maintainers do indeed have some responsibility to their users rings true and consistent with reality.
- ghoward 6y agoThank you. I'm glad to know there are others that feel the same way. :)
- CyberRabbi 6y agoMy pleasure. Don’t let these Rust justice warriors discourage you.