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Is that a bullet point in the Rust manifesto? :) In any case, ++ has taken another meaning outside of operator loading and such some. The “Rust” branding, to t
by stasomatic 4mo ago
Is that a bullet point in the Rust manifesto? :) In any case, ++ has taken another meaning outside of operator loading and such some.
The “Rust” branding, to this rando, implies corrosion, oxidation, decay, regardless of the true origin of the name. Swift is “quick”, Java is “caffeine”, Rust is something I need kerosene for.
- airstrike 4mo agoRust isn't named after what you think it is, but after fungi.
- steveklabnik 4mo agoYes, it is pretty universally agreed upon that a ++ operator in Rust doesn’t make any sense. += 1 is barely longer, not special cased, and does not make users memorize odd precedence rules.
- stasomatic 4mo agoIt doesn’t matter, I was speaking in terms of branding. There is ++ in C, but C is not C++.
- steveklabnik 4mo agoRight, but the whole reason C++ is named C++ is because ++ is a valid operator in C. Without the operator in Rust, making the brand of a successor based on a feature from an entirely different language doesn't make any sense.