modularitynew

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by modularitynew 27d ago
Not sure about that.
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by modularitynew 27d ago
Aren't some people paid to do contributions? As in, it is their livelihoods? Of Rust developers, like you, there are also some that get paid to contribute to Rust open source projects, for instance regarding the language itself.
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by modularitynew 27d ago
But "learning a new language" can mean multiple different things. It can mean learning a language at a superficial level, but it can also mean learning the depths of the language, or the depths of the ecosystem, or both. For insta
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by modularitynew 27d ago
> I think it would be interesting to see to what extent the Rust 2024 changes alleviated the problem since it only changed if let, but I haven't found that information (yet). The second link from Reddit, https://redlib.ca
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by modularitynew 27d ago
Indeed it is, read this: https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1v54et2/what_are_the_... https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1v54et2/what_are_the_... Links for any
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by modularitynew 27d ago
> Yup it's not without cost. But paying the cost short-term can yield benefits for the long-term. That was not really the vibe I got from your (Insanity) other comment regarding your mental model that you mentioned. "Not a bloc
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by modularitynew 27d ago
> that should be > than in your comment. Aside that, I did not make any arguments either way regarding your question. But, I am not sure that your question makes sense in this context, for the developers that are available to a given
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by modularitynew 27d ago
Your argument about stagnation is good, but "capable engineers can pick up any language" is not without costs for the involved developers in terms of time spent learning paradigms, features, bugs, gotchas (like temporary lifetime
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by modularitynew 27d ago
Even without any LLM usage after the rewrite, there might be a change in license as seen with similar projects, which supports your argument. From the article: > The company points to projects such as uutils coreutils and sudo-rs as exam