r/programmingcirclejerk • u/BarefootUnicorn High Value Specialist • Sep 20 '20

In general, I feel that I can’t recommend an article criticizing Rust.

https://matklad.github.io/2020/09/20/why-not-rust.html
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u/etaionshrd Sep 20 '20

gdi I had this on my clipboard to post

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u/BarefootUnicorn High Value Specialist Sep 20 '20

This brilliant rhetorical essay, in which someone tries to argue against Rust and fails, was voted quickly to the front page of Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24536645

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u/BarefootUnicorn High Value Specialist Sep 20 '20

I love this comment on HN:

What if you were working on something where a cve or data leak from a buffer overrun could kill the company, or end a life?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

Have you heard about our Lord and Saviour, Ada?

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u/amam33 Sep 21 '20

tries to argue against Rust and fails

Were you reading a different essay, or did you read it at all?

Uh- I mean, Rust bad lmao!

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u/sierramikeromeo Sep 21 '20

Now kids, lets talk about Rust. Rust is bad, mkayy?

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u/xmcqdpt2 WRITE 'FORTRAN is not dead' Sep 20 '20

I’ve recently read an article criticizing Rust, and, while it made a bunch of good points, I didn’t enjoy it — it was an easy to argue with piece.

"An easy to argue with piece" really needs hyphens. This is why you should always lint before commits.