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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 176 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (36 children)

Here's the thing: you're not going to force all of us to learn Rust.

That's precious coming from Linux developers.

I am a heavy Linux user. I run multiple microservices on multiple headless devices all Linux.

This sounds like every fucking Windows user you'll ever encounter.

"Here's the thing: you're not going to force all of us to learn to use Linux."

So, yeah...

[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (31 children)

Switching everything from C to Rust because it has better memory safety is more akin to changing languages from English to Esperanto because it has gender neutral pronouns and other cool features. Maybe it's a good idea, but it's understandable that some people are reluctant.

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Esperanto has grammatical gender.

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