Hey goats, so for probably the billionth time I've decided I want to learn programming (I always make good headway and then get bored - I'm great at the fundamentals in most popular languages :/) and I've recently developed an interest in Rust... the language is different enough to keep me interested in learning, and the prospect of having an relatively new OS to look at (Redox OS) is very appealing.
That said I know the community is festooned with SJWs/radfems/marxists/identitarians, they use the CoC (CoC Cancer --- don't click the link, save your sanity, it's too late for me but not for you) which promotes creating friendlier and more welcoming communities, fair enough yeah? But the fact that's it's used, first and foremost as a vehicle to force identitarianism into the tech and open source community is what I have a problem with. You can't just be a coder/programmer/developer/whatever... you have to be a BLACK coder, a QUEER programmer, a TRANS developer... and that is the most important facet of your contribution, that you're black, queer, trans, whatever :/ They also use the Node.JS Policy on Trolling (Node.JS Cancer --- just read item #1 and then run).
I think I'm going to push forward with learning Rust, technically it look's sound (so far) and I have no issues with it, I don't plan on engaging with the official Rust community and if I need to there's plenty of sane places to engage with others (like right here, hey everyone!).
Just interested in your thoughts on Rust, it's community, SJWism being forced into tech/open source and so on...
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[–] el_monty ago
Srazash, can you keep in touch with me as you learn? When I first came across Rust, I was like this has the potential to be one of the best programming languages invented and I study several languages. I haven't had any issues with the community aside from not giving good tutorials. The tutorials are almost close to the worst I've ever came across. I guess these people who know Rust well want to keep the knowledge all to themselves... good luck with that. That is how languages die. Python and R became top dogs. They also have some of the greatest tutorials and communities ever. Remember, it's not what is said but it's how something or someone makes you feel. I really want to keep Rust in my selective list of languages to study, but the lack of good tutorials make it hard.