You've got to be kidding me...
Memory safety is a huge benefit in myriad scenarios. I would call it the rule, not the exception. Pair that with competitive performance and you have something really compelling. I don't know enough Rust to really speak to its tradeoffs, but the above just seems like a dumb point to try to make.
And regarding the "hype cycle," Rust is old enough now to have survived many actual software hype cycles, so this claim of us finally getting to the middle of it now, which isn't really justified in the article, also doesn't seem to stick.
bigyabai•2h ago
ls-a•2h ago
bigyabai•2h ago
The person recording that video sounds manic and doesn't make any points besides their own feeling of prejudice. It basically confirms my point above.
ls-a•2h ago
bigyabai•1h ago
If it is you recording that video, I hope you get over it. You can find a better way to process your grief than complaining on all three of your HN accounts.
aw1621107•6m ago
Based on the profile pic and the other videos on the channel, I think it's reasonable to conclude that the channel owner is also the author of the C++ fast_io library [0]. They've been quite vocal about their dislike of Rust (among other things) over the past few years, so I wouldn't expect that to change any time soon.
No comment on whether ls_a is or isn't connected to the channel owner; just thought I'd give a bit more background on the video uploader.
[0]: https://github.com/cppfastio/fast_io
DemocracyFTW2•35m ago
Speaking of manic you're the one who checked how many rewrites there were within a few minutes so who's manic?