I am unwilling to make light of another’s desire to learn so that they might help themselves, even if some of the phrasing feels a little silly and market-y.
What does this post accomplish? Feels mean-spirited, really.
People rewriting common software in Rust is a good thing, regardless how good the original and its code was, it’s a fun exercise in coding if nothing else, and if it ends up worse than the original, that’s fine! That’s how you practice and learn, and it should be encouraged.
Fuck corporations using Rust rewrites to replace GPL-licenced software with Expat-licenced ones.
Alright. It just seems to me that anti-intellectualism is everywhere and that is what I first jumped to. I apologize for the accusation. It was knee-jerk. Carry on with your light-hearted ribbing, then.
I am unwilling to make light of another’s desire to learn so that they might help themselves, even if some of the phrasing feels a little silly and market-y.
What does this post accomplish? Feels mean-spirited, really.
I’m not making fun of that person. More power to them. I’m making fun of the rust community’s desire to rewrite the fabric of the universe in Rust
People rewriting common software in Rust is a good thing, regardless how good the original and its code was, it’s a fun exercise in coding if nothing else, and if it ends up worse than the original, that’s fine! That’s how you practice and learn, and it should be encouraged.
Fuck corporations using Rust rewrites to replace GPL-licenced software with Expat-licenced ones.
As a Rust dev, I approve of this.
(Especially the rewriting. Spacetime has way too many quirks and should be deprecated.)
Alright. It just seems to me that anti-intellectualism is everywhere and that is what I first jumped to. I apologize for the accusation. It was knee-jerk. Carry on with your light-hearted ribbing, then.
I have to admit that reading the other post I did think “why is he learning C instead of rust”, so…