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The Rust community (in aggregate; I'd hope I wouldn't need to state the obvious that it doesn't apply to all individuals, but...Rust community) fosters this sort of melodrama.

There is a core of extremely zealous "Rust wins all the things" types who don't stop at advocating for a language on its technical merits: they have to belittle and berate users of other languages because their choice (or not: employment is what it is) isn't "correct." The Rust community has (a well deserved, in my opinion) reputation.

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FrustratedMonky2y ago

Its just so odd to me. It used to be that a language was like an impartial technology that could be evaluated. Back in the day would anybody ever say "wow those C++ people are noxious, I'm not going to use objects".

revelio2y ago

Sadly yes, it's not a new thing. Lisp is a good example of an old language that attracted a very particular community around it that did put some people off.

FrustratedMonky2y ago

Guess, now that I think about it, Python and the 'white' spaces was kind of drama. But think it was still about technical merits, like do you prefer that style or not, don't remember the 'community' being melodramatic.

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andrewflnr2y ago

> It used to be that a language was like an impartial technology that could be evaluated.

In the era of open source and package managers, this can only be an illusion. It's sort of possible to ignore the community, but if nothing else it will affect the volume and quality of packages available for you. That said, you can keep it pretty minimal, you don't really need to interact beyond reading docs and downloading packages.

pitaj2y ago

> they have to belittle and berate users of other languages because their choice (or not: employment is what it is) isn't "correct."

I keep hearing people claim this to be the case, but I've never seen this behavior as described in the wild - I only see the complaints about it.

Yes, Rustaceans will evangelize and whatnot but I don't see the belittling or berating.

sidllsOP2y ago

Just search "rust" in HN comments (or on Reddit, or pretty much anywhere you see someone asking questions likely to invoke discussion about language choice): you'll find plenty.

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0 pointssidlls2y ago0 comments

The Rust community (in aggregate; I'd hope I wouldn't need to state the obvious that it doesn't apply to all individuals, but...Rust community) fosters this sort of melodrama.

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FrustratedMonky2y ago

revelio2y ago

Sadly yes, it's not a new thing. Lisp is a good example of an old language that attracted a very particular community around it that did put some people off.

FrustratedMonky2y ago

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andrewflnr2y ago

> It used to be that a language was like an impartial technology that could be evaluated.

pitaj2y ago

> they have to belittle and berate users of other languages because their choice (or not: employment is what it is) isn't "correct."

I keep hearing people claim this to be the case, but I've never seen this behavior as described in the wild - I only see the complaints about it.

Yes, Rustaceans will evangelize and whatnot but I don't see the belittling or berating.

sidllsOP2y ago

Just search "rust" in HN comments (or on Reddit, or pretty much anywhere you see someone asking questions likely to invoke discussion about language choice): you'll find plenty.

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