[hardware2win]

Probably hobbyists were more likely to join rust side after learning about its pros?

[steveklabnik]

People working at Google are by definition not hobbyists.

[hardware2win]

Ok, people with "passion" then

[steveklabnik]

You could just like, say what you mean rather than try and launder the opinion through insinuating things about the people involved.

If someone is passionate but that makes them more productive, why would that be a bad thing? At the end of the day, they’re still more productive?

Regardless, there’s nothing to indicate that the folks involved are new, or “more passionate” or whatever. They’re Google engineers doing their job at Google. Google has a bunch of Rust projects, some large ones too, that have been going on for years.

[asyx]

It's bad because people that write C++ for a living got all the joy and happiness sucked out of them and since Rust is in a similar playing field regarding performance, they can't say that they need to use C++ for performance reasons and therefore would admit that all the pain and suffering would be for nothing if they let one good word regarding Rust stay uncontested on the Internet.

I don't even like Rust that much but it's like Stockholm Syndrome is a requirement to have a positive opinion regarding C++.

[hardware2win]

I meant that people who write Rust may be more curious about tech, so they could be better devs

[dureuill]

In the Q&A from the video, there's a question very similar to yours.

As an answer, Lars specifies that these are regular engineers who were asked to learn Rust, and not early adopters who like shiny things.