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It sounds like the Rust He Wanted has a lot of thematic similarities to Elm. Interestingly, Elm has a BDFL, and a development process that reflects that. And he
by truculent 3y ago
It sounds like the Rust He Wanted has a lot of thematic similarities to Elm. Interestingly, Elm has a BDFL, and a development process that reflects that. And he’s right - there are a lot of people who really don’t like that!
Overall, a really interesting article. Though I like today’s Rust, I do think I would prefer the trade-offs made by the alt-Rust outlined here.
Perhaps it’s just my own personal preference, but I think there is a strong bias in users towards what they are already familiar with, and it’s hard to break away from those without a BDFl or similar position of authority who can impose their vision.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoMy understanding is that for the Elm BDFL, the B was dropped.
- truculent 3y agoThe language creator has preferred to work on the development of the language largely in private, for the last couple of years. He’s explained why he’s chosen to do this and why he thinks it is beneficial. But, understandably, some people haven’t take too well to the lack of updates. I think whether you view that as benevolent or not (I would, because I agree with lots of de facto development standards being detrimental to language quality, but I understand that that is my opinion and not hard fact) is in the eye of the beholder.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoI was more thinking of a) the ring-fencing of native code and b) his conduct in discussions about such things. Guido was never that abrasive.