Bruce Perens <bruce@???> writes:

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> I also think you were tremendously unfair to the Rust team about their
> motivation.

I have no idea about the "motivation" of the Rust team, no desire to
speculate about it and certainly didn't write anything about it.

> I've been a C programmer since 1981, and the Rust language is
> the very first one to make me think about memory issues that I should have
> cared about for 45 years. For that reason a lot of people are going to find
> it really naggy, and there is a steep curve to understanding the borrow
> checker and how to program in that context.

This is, as I already wrote, an interesting idea, especially because of
its captivating simplicity. But if people think Rust must be mandated in
order to gain traction, I'm planning to deal with such mandates when I
have a tangible reason to.