@pron I was with you before: I think pcwaltons' take on zig is ... Err, unduly negative to the point of rudeness and closed minded — and kinda paints a clear picture for why we're seeing all of the defensiveness in twitter from andrewkelly and the zig folks.
But — I think you're coming into it similarly here against Rust. Unnecessarily rude, antagonistic, and on technical points: closed minded.
@pcwalton The zig team feels they've made good pragmatic choices around memory safety? Cool. Leave a few reasons why it's different from/and why rust took another approach and your take. Dope.
@pron The Rust folk are happy and proud of the inroads they've made in adoption. Dope. Sure, there's different ways to slice the numbers and you feel what? They've taken unearned pride in their work?
I'm a fan of all of your work, but man. This thread has been disheartening.
> you feel what? They've taken unearned pride in their work?
Not at all. I think Rust is a groundbreaking and influential language. Regardless of its success in market, it is a great and lasting contribution to programming language design.
I am, however, triggered by misleading claims about software correctness -- a subject I care deeply about -- which recently tend to come from the Rust community (replacing Haskell), and then annoyed further by claims of inevitability that I find hard to reconcile with the data. Sorry, but I am human :)
The Rust team is rightfully proud of their achievements, in language design, documentation, and also in offering those of us who are interested in software correctness another novel approach to consider.
@pron I was with you before: I think pcwaltons' take on zig is ... Err, unduly negative to the point of rudeness and closed minded — and kinda paints a clear picture for why we're seeing all of the defensiveness in twitter from andrewkelly and the zig folks.
But — I think you're coming into it similarly here against Rust. Unnecessarily rude, antagonistic, and on technical points: closed minded.
@pcwalton The zig team feels they've made good pragmatic choices around memory safety? Cool. Leave a few reasons why it's different from/and why rust took another approach and your take. Dope.
@pron The Rust folk are happy and proud of the inroads they've made in adoption. Dope. Sure, there's different ways to slice the numbers and you feel what? They've taken unearned pride in their work?
I'm a fan of all of your work, but man. This thread has been disheartening.