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I wish that more developer communities followed the OpenBSD model of (what my impression is) not necessarily caring about community, inclusiveness or popularity
by the-printer 4y ago
I wish that more developer communities followed the OpenBSD model of (what my impression is) not necessarily caring about community, inclusiveness or popularity. I'm new to programming so take my observations with grains of salt. But I'm disheartened by the (over)-politicization/commercialization of programming and development in some respects.
Do things like appealing inclusivity affect the quality of a programming language? To turn that issue into an issue at all and then prioritizing it feels like transitioning into PR and marketing, jobs fit for organizations that are "foundation" and have "boards of directors" and other bureaus.
Again, these sort of things are all new to me. I don't know what things were like in the programming world last year, let alone 20 years ago.
Can someone with intimate knowledge of Rust or other high-profile languages interpret what I'm saying and clarify it for me? Thank you..
- pornel 4y agoIt does help quality of the language. A friendly community can attract and keep contributors who otherwise would be pushed away. Some of Rust's best contributors are queer, and likely would have left if the community had lower standards.