alt Hacker NewsI think one social issue I’m seeing is that the Rust community bashes other languages for safety but then glosses over or even completely ignores their own safety risks (see supply chain). I would rather see Rust focus on its actual features without bashing others and maybe start moving away from claiming the gold metal on security. Being less toxic is always a good thing for long term health.
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the only thing more exhausting than rust evangelism is people who drop in on any rust related thread and start whining about unrelated things just because it's rust.
Can you give an example of this toxic bashing from rust contributors or are you talking about just random HN posters when you say “rust community”?
Moreover, I wouldn’t say they’re completely ignoring supply chain risks, as there have been discussions about this as early as 2021 [1] and there are ongoing efforts to address this [2]
[1] https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/about-supply-chain-attacks...
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> being less toxic
There's a difference between people you disagree with and toxic behavior. Can you give examples of toxic behavior?
It's important to separate the community ethos and the rust core dev team policies, because I'd be surprised if the official stance of the rust team would be condescending to other technologies.