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It's not only about echo-chambers. Rust is an emerging language, it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. Go is already well establ

It's not only about echo-chambers. Rust is an emerging language, it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. Go is already well established and it's users likely feel that this language will be fine without their advocacy and more likely to stay silent. Go generated much more excitement on HN when it was not yet widely used but was growing and promising.

usrbinbash 3y ago
> it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. I have no problem with language-fans promoting it and singing praise to it. I do the same with languages I happen to like. What I do have a problem with, is evangelizing. https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1d2f2b https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1...