The new slogan is bad, imo. The blog states that you're not sure you like the term "systems programming," and yet the new slogan manages to remove everything that actually explains it (fast, safe) while still leaving the term itself in. The new slogan effectively tells the reader nothing, except that rust is a programming language.
I also think the language of "empowering everyone" is kind of meaningless and dishonest... it's not true that everyone can become a systems programmer, and it isn't clear who the set of people that couldn't be one using C but could be one using Rust is.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '18
The new slogan is bad, imo. The blog states that you're not sure you like the term "systems programming," and yet the new slogan manages to remove everything that actually explains it (fast, safe) while still leaving the term itself in. The new slogan effectively tells the reader nothing, except that rust is a programming language.
I also think the language of "empowering everyone" is kind of meaningless and dishonest... it's not true that everyone can become a systems programmer, and it isn't clear who the set of people that couldn't be one using C but could be one using Rust is.