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That's the problem with many brilliant people: what they perceive as their interlocutors being deliberately obtuse on some completely obvious point is actually
by Joker_vD 3y ago
That's the problem with many brilliant people: what they perceive as their interlocutors being deliberately obtuse on some completely obvious point is actually their interlocutors being just as smart as they always are on some point that is not obvious at all to them.
- rkangel 3y agoPerception of relative intelligence or sensible decision making is irrelevant. Just because you think you're doing a better job doesn't mean you need to shit on the other person. You could not mention Linux at all, or you could even say "we think this is better than Linux's approach because of X" and it would be a great improvement. I have always found it interesting that Rust purposefully avoided doing language comparisons - "we're better than Python like this and better than C like that". Their message purposefully avoided any positioning of it as a competition, instead focusing just on articulating Rust's value. It was an eye opening approach given our instinct is normally to pit things against each other.
- selectodude 3y agoI think parent agrees with you.