[smitty1e]

> But Rust is a very pragmatic language, and the problem with pragmatism is that it never ends*

I'll bite: why can't pragmatism feel when it's hitting the diminishing returns curve and, you know, fight for a modicum of principle?

That is: pragmatic pragmatism should fall short of dogmatism.

[Avshalom]

You can absolutely stop being pragmatic when it's hitting diminishing returns, but that means that you stop being pragmatic not that pragmatism has ended.

[smitty1e]

Seems a bit of a paradox, no? Is it not pragmatic to go easy on the pragmatism when appropriate?

[tempodox]

I think what he means is that there will always be new special interests and use cases that could get pragmatic language support. If you're invested in a culture that provides this support, it will never end.