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Comment by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 4 days ago

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> I don't remember any other language's proponents actively attacking the users of other programming language.

I just saw someone on Hacker News saying that Rust was a bad language because of its users

jacquesm 4 days ago

Yawn. Really, if you have nothing to say don't do it here.

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  • LexiMax 4 days ago

    Gotcha hypocrisy might be a really cheap thing to point out, but they're not wrong.

    I have noticed my fair share of Rust Derangement Syndrome in C++ spaces that seems completely outsized from the series of microaggressions that they eventually point out when asked "Why?"

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    • dgfitz 3 days ago

      It’s interesting, over the past 15 years I’ve had occasion to work with other c/c++ devs on various contracts, probably 50ish distinct different companies. Not once has rust even come up in casual conversation.

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      • LexiMax 2 days ago

        I'm probably a little younger than you, so it's likely a generational thing. I also notice it's a lot more pervasive in internet-driven watercoolers than face to face.

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