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gokaygurcanyesterday at 4:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

> see a new programing language > look inside > it's rust

asking out of my own ignorance, what's so hard with rust that you cannot convince people and contribute to that directly instead of going on your way? i remember so few of these projects survived over the years. do you think it'll really become something other than your pet project?


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999900000999yesterday at 4:37 PM

Rust is just hard.

It takes the fun out of this. I like JavaScript and Python. If I need to type system, there’s always type script and C#.

I don’t care about a bunch of memory management details, and if I ever want to I might as well use C++ and become a quant.

I learn a new programming language for one of two reasons, there’s a framework or engine that requires it. For example, Godot with GD script.

Or to make more money.

Python was a very happy mix of both, I learned it to work with ML libraries as a hobby and later found it pays a lot more.

DoesntMatter22yesterday at 10:42 PM

That's a really bad attitude. "You should work on the thing you dont like instead of the one you like because it might not be successful"