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by reecko 1755 days ago
That is a neat attempt at making it appear like I am somehow deluded and am imagining Rust evangelism. The person I replied to made a comment down thread that literally states that Rust must be given a free pass despite `unsafe` blocks on the face of such legislation against unsafe languages. Sounds completely illogical to me.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343526
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UncleMeat 1754 days ago
You can disable security features in java as well. Elsewhere, you mention GCed languages as an alternative. Would it be appropriate for me to assume that you are a java evangelist and then criticize you for not considering the harm that can be caused by turning off stack inspection? That's what you are doing to me.

The fact that the default is safe matters. It matters a lot. Heck, if you want to use C++ with a sound static analysis tool then I'd support doing that and I'd hope that legislation would support that too - but I think you'd be working 10x as hard as really necessary.

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staticassertion 1754 days ago
Yeah, I'm literally saying you are deluded and imagining things. The post you replied to mentions multiple GC and non-GC languages. That you also have a bad opinion about unsafe isn't really important.
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reecko 1754 days ago
Throwing ad-hominems at people criticising your language is not a good long term strategy, though it might appear to work for a while.

Not only there was not any "mentions multiple GC and non-GC languages" in the comment I replied or in the parent comments (except for single mention of C++), I also don't get why I have "bad opinion about unsafe" (and where I claimed it is important?). Such a friendly community. Now I see why people don't engage with Rust evangelists. Lesson learned. Anyway, have a nice day!

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