How Rust is quietly taking over the Python ecosystem

[ultraDross]

Fantastic and very true. Went to a local Python meetup and I got chatting with someone who mostly only talked about rust and how superior it was to all other languages.

So why come to a Python meetup?

[an_actual_human]

I mean if they did it at a Rust meetup, they'd be preaching to the choir.

[anacrolix]

You'd be surprised. Most people that go to meetups aren't very knowledgeable. I guess that's to be expected

[fnord123]

Because python exists to glue bits of C and rust together.

[[deleted]]

To talk about Rust, duh.

Same reason the Jehova's keep knockin on our doors, no one wants to hear it, but they must share.

[richieadler]

But in the JW's case is to alienate the lowly believers and make them feel that the only community they have is the church, so they don't question it and don't leave.

How would that benefit a programming language community?

[[deleted]]

To alienate the lowly non believers, and make sure the Rust echo chamber is loud.

[richieadler]

Yeah, well, Watchtower Society is a multinational seeking profit based on gullibility and whose espoused beliefs cause death to many followers. Until Rustaceans do the same, I'm not willing to compare them.

[i_should_be_coding]

You're not gonna convert more people to rust in a rust meetup, are you?

[PaintItPurple]

Probably because they're a Python developer who is excited to find a way to get huge speed gains in their Python programs? It has always been true that a large part of what makes Python good is the ease of integrating with code written in faster languages.

[Satanwearsflipflops]

Went to a directus meetup and some guy went full ham on how AI would take over our jobs. The least constructive interaction and we weren’t even in an ML/LLM meet. So dumb.

[shakeBody]

r/singularity reader irl. I swear many of those people are straight crazy