On: Rust 1.17

[pvg]

"If you want to understand Rust replace all occurrences of 'Rust' with 'The Thing'"

[dang → pvg]

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14213364 and marked it off-topic.

[sqeaky → pvg]

Was your joke any deeper than a superficial reading of it? I also can't tell if it was lighthearted or deeply malicious.

[pvg → sqeaky]

Unreserved malice and nigh-fathomless depth. I'd say more but I'm in the midst of designing a language which can precisely and safely express both concepts.

[sqeaky → pvg]

A shame everyone is downvoting this comment. But you are honest then your first comment deserves as many downvotes as possible.

Since you are in charge of this new language I won't be using it. The Rust community has largely figured out how to get work done with minimal malice and a language that actually exists.

[pvg → sqeaky]

In my language, it will be possible to express an impossible number of downvotes, correcting what is perhaps the most glaring design flaw of Arc.