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Rust, and Go, and Julia, and D, and Swift, and what not, should have a shouting and fighting match with one another.

When they are done, they can let me know who won and then I'll take that language a bit more seriously.

In the meantime I'm a humble coder sitting in the corner with Python + C + CUDA (plus some scheme and assembly), doing useless things like AI, robotics, IoT, etc.

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If anyone is wondering if it’s worth the effort to read a comment that’s greyed out to the point that it’s white - IMO it wasn’t. I’d like my time back.

Sometimes they are, particularly when comments from new users or those caught up in a shadowban–so I keep showdead on. But, yes, one must often be aware that they may be grayed out for a good reason.

None of them have to "win" for you to be able to use them. In fact, each excels in its own niche.

Wow, thanks for opening my eyes.

Time to clear out the next two years so I can learn half a dozen special snowflake randos that contribue ZERO to the problems and projects I'm working on.

Condensed matter physics is unlikely to contribute anything to the problems and projects you're working on as well, but that doesn't mean it isn't useful or that we shouldn't be studying it. Whether it's something that you're interested in is an entirely separate question. Regardless, shallow dismissals are against the guidelines here, so we don't want to hear about it if you're not interested.

Nobody cares about your problems, nobody cares if you learn a new language or not. The thread is about reflections on using rust - if you don't want to learn/use it fine, but being irritated that others are is just strange.

If they contribute ZERO to the problems and projects you are working on, why would you want to know which one "won"—it will still contribute ZERO to you.

These languages aren't even try to capture the same market niches. Swift is literally vendor locked. How the heck is it next to open source runs anywhere languages?

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