[steveklabnik]

> I think the accusations from the Rust side that the project is "sabotaged" or "non-technical arguments" etc. are a typical symptom of denial.

When someone says

> You might not like my answer, but I will do everything I can do to stop this.

Against the decision that the project made, that is very straightforwardly sabotage.

> All the hype and enthusiasm related to Rust is that you can just write something easily in C instead of Rust (or rewrite) and then all problems related to safety are solved.

You cannot accuse others of being hyperbolic and then be so yourself. No serious person claims that it’s easy or that it solves all issues.

I don’t really even want to engage with this rest of this post, honestly it says more about you than about Rust.

[uecker]

Well, people definitely often claim that Rust solves all memory safety issues (not true) and they also often neglect to carefully distinguish between memory safety and other safety issues (e.g. already in terminology "safe language").