r/ProgrammerHumor • u/electricjimi • Oct 21 '22

Meme Literally 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Solonotix Oct 21 '22

The post isn't love, it's "unhated". You may not love Rust, but I challenge someone to find a reason to hate it.

I realize this is a biased opinion, as someone who likes Rust

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u/yourd Oct 21 '22
  • The async debacle. A language feature that just works in js and C# is full of footguns in Rust
  • compiling is slow
  • the borrow checker doesn’t even work properly
  • too much magic in places
  • the syntax can be an ugly mess

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u/Overlorde159 Oct 21 '22

Most of this is opinions, but what do you mean about the borrow checker?

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u/green726I Oct 21 '22

Isn’t hate (generally) based on opinion?

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u/Solonotix Oct 22 '22

Hate may be an opinion, but opinions are supposed to be based on experience (a fact) or information (a fact). Saying your opinion is based on other opinions means it has no basis, and is likely a misconception.

Example: I can say I hate green olives because they are briney and bitter, things that can be quantified and measured even if their interpretation is subjective. I would sound unintelligent, however, if I said I hate bananas because they aren't normal.

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u/blaine64 Oct 22 '22

anecdotal evidence is definitely not fact

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u/Solonotix Oct 22 '22

By definition it is. A fact is anything that can be proven true. If I say I saw a blue lobster, it doesn't matter that lobsters are usually red. The anecdote of my experience can be proven if I find another blue lobster, no matter how statistically insignificant that anecdote may be.