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oh, i feel about everything being written in Rust the same way i do about everything being written in Java

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i don’t feel this way about everything being written in C tho because C is actually a meritous language

@Lady what's wrong with rust am i out of the loop on something

@wallhackio @Lady she doesn’t like having to bend over backwards to please the compiler when it still can’t guarantee your purrogram is even correct

@aescling @wallhackio well, this is true, but the bigger problem with rust is that everyone is writing critical infrastructure in it, meaning we will have to continue supporting it for decades, despite the fact that it is an early attempt at the problems it is trying to solve, there are and will be languages in the future which solve its problems better, and it isn’t the least bit enjoyable to write (this last point is subjective)

@aescling @wallhackio just as everyone jumped on the java bandwagon and now in 2024 lots of things still run in java not because the language is good or anyone likes programming in it but because it’s the only decent maintained implementation (see: everything by the Apache foundation)

@wallhackio @aescling uhh, uncharitably, the same ones Swift solves, except Swift does it better

@aescling @wallhackio (also my complaint is more that the compiler could do more to ensure my program is correct without me needing to bend over backwards to please it. that's literally Its One Job)

@aescling @wallhackio It Is Not My Job To Validate My Program For The Compiler

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