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> The Rust community is however, an excellent community to be part of. I honestly haven't found this to be the case. There is a constant denial that some peopl
by aussiesnack 4y ago
> The Rust community is however, an excellent community to be part of.
I honestly haven't found this to be the case. There is a constant denial that some people might find Rust difficult (with a very strong implication that if they do, it's because of inferiority on their part), and extreme thin-skinnedness towards even the possibility that Rust might not be for everyone. Indeed, a bluff assertion that it is for everyone is part of its official tagline. The community keeps up a surface politeness, but it always looks to me that it achieves this by keeping a tight lid on dissent (or appearance thereof).
- moldavi 4y agoI've experienced this as well. Any disagreement always comes down to "you just haven't used it enough". I let myself take that gaslighting for years before I decided to just not go to the Rust servers any more. And then when you question any of the classic Rust axioms (such as safety or speed being only desirable rather than an absolute commandment) a lot of them tend to get rather hostile. It's not a pleasant crowd if you don't think 100% like they do.
- xedrac 4y agoSorry to hear that. I certainly don't think Rust is ideal for every use case. And it is definitely hard to learn. I think people get a bit too zealous promoting it, simply because it has solved a lot of painful problems that many of us have battled with for decades in C++/C land.