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alabhyajindaltoday at 3:38 PM3 repliesview on HN

From their post on Twitter in 2024 when they adopted Swift, with a comment on Rust.

My general thoughts on Rust:

- Excellent for short-lived programs that transform input A to output B

- Clunky for long-lived programs that maintain large complex object graphs

- Really impressive ecosystem

- Toxic community

https://xcancel.com/awesomekling/status/1822241531501162806


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throw_rusttoday at 3:56 PM

Mayhaps he had a Damascene conversion? Not that I ever understood the need to change from C++ in the first place though.

fmajidtoday at 3:59 PM

Considering David Tolnay's indefensible treatment of JeanHeyd Meneide, I'm inclined to agree with Kling on the toxicity of the Rust community. Evangelical fervor does not excuse douchebaggery.

feverzsjtoday at 4:10 PM

Most likely some big sponsor requires them turn to AI slops.