> It helps immensely to understand ones concerns, constraints, and values before assuming they're identical and them swiftly demonizing anyone that dissents. The Rust community really has done itself a massive disservice in alienating everyone that doesn't conform to its monoculture composed mostly of amateurs and unemployable extremists.
I think that it's a little unlikely that the Rust community is mostly composed of "amateurs and unemployable extremists" - a lot of the working software engineers I know are interested in or actively use it.
However, "assuming they're identical and them swiftly demonizing anyone that dissents" is an excellent characterization of, at least, the parts of the Rust community that I see on HN and Reddit.
I think that it's a little unlikely that the Rust community is mostly composed of "amateurs and unemployable extremists" - a lot of the working software engineers I know are interested in or actively use it.
However, "assuming they're identical and them swiftly demonizing anyone that dissents" is an excellent characterization of, at least, the parts of the Rust community that I see on HN and Reddit.