Comment Comment by simon_o This.The harmful decisions Rust made highlight its ingrained culture of doubling down on previous mistakes at all costs.There seems to be no reevaluation of the cost/benefit ratio once the "preferred approach" turns out to be non-viable."We want to have feature X, consequences be damned" is rarely a winning move in language design. parent simon_o 2 years ago
The harmful decisions Rust made highlight its ingrained culture of doubling down on previous mistakes at all costs.
There seems to be no reevaluation of the cost/benefit ratio once the "preferred approach" turns out to be non-viable.
"We want to have feature X, consequences be damned" is rarely a winning move in language design.