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Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Re: Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

currymj wrote: post #47
rhn_mk1 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Pythonista" wins hands-down over "Rustacean" outside of English-speaking groups. How do I even properly pronounce it? "Rah-stah-kyan", "Rah-stah-see-an", "Rah-stah-seen"? Complete non-starter if you can't talk about it. I'll keep my "Pythonista" business cards - this rolls off the tongue easily and ignites conversations with non-techies.

It's supposed to be "crustacean" without the "c". I'm not sure how well known the word crustacean is among ESL speakers though.

Even for people who know the word "crustacean", it's not clear how to say it. The cleverness of the pun doesn't make it more universal.

I'd guess "Pythonista" or "gopher" are much better in that regard because they are almost obvious to pronounce in other languages using the Latin alphaber. They are only one "th" or "ph" away from regular German, for example.

Re: Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Post by LyndsySimon »

b0rsuk wrote: post #75
dudeonthenet wrote: post #6

Rustaceans? Would recruiting agencies go for that in job ads? "Are you a top rustacean and looking for a challenge in AI and Big Data and want to work in an international team with young and dynamic rustaceans? "

Is "Rust" a positive-sounding name in the first place ? It's old, decaying metal. It's like saying your favorite image editor is Gimp. It is a fine piece of software, but sounds unprofessional for native English speakers.

That depends on what the "metal" is :)

If the "metal" is the existing ecosystem of languages, then the name would imply that it will slowly eat away and replace code that's been written in other languages.

Re: Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Post by bpicolo »

lain-dono wrote: post #10

However, it is still a new programming language. As well as golang. This has its pros and cons. However, in cases where people say that some language is bad, it means that it simply does not fit their tasks. (sorry, im using google translate)

The biggest pro being the ability to develop with hindsight of every other language ever created

Re: Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Post by reificator »

wyldfire wrote: post #100
reificator wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't like shirts or stickers for much the same reason.

Ok, then please don't opt in.

That's a rather reductive approach to the current discussion, and has nothing to do with the original point. Once groups start being labeled it's no longer an opt in on the individual's level.

Re: Fun facts about Rust's growing popularity

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Post by junkcollector »

Zaak wrote: post #24
lain-dono wrote: post #10

However, it is still a new programming language. As well as golang. This has its pros and cons. However, in cases where people say that some language is bad, it means that it simply does not fit their tasks. (sorry, im using google translate)

> However, in cases where people say that some language is bad, it means that it simply does not fit their tasks. I disagree. It is possible for a language to simply be a bad language. Intercal is intentionally so. I will refrain from mentioning unintentionally bad languages in order to avoid a flame war.

Nobody would have accused Brainfuck of being a good language but it turns out that its radical simplicity works well for integrating with optimization algorithms for creating self-programming AIs. It's all about a niche, except INTERCAL, you're right about INTERCAL.
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