[kittoes]

This just can't be your answer to everything... the article clearly stated that they're developing a client application for browsers. Rust advocates like yourself are really doing more harm than good by ignoring real world constraints.

[hansvm]

To be fair, this particular issue wouldn't have happened in C, Python, Forth, Zig, or a host of other languages. String-based weirdness is something of a JS issue.

[cogman10]

This particular issue looks to be pretty uniquely a javascript problem. I don't even think hyper flexible languages like Ruby would ultimately experience this sort of problem.

[mananaysiempre]

Ruby can experience a similar problem[1], but that’s largely because its metaobject protocol draws no distinction between a read-only field and a zero-argument method. Python’s model does not have that issue (at the cost of significant complexity) and it is about as flexible as Ruby’s ultimately. (Python’s more rigid syntax is not relevant either way.)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33155527

[koakuma-chan]

You can use Rust to develop client application for browsers. Check out dioxus.

[regular_trash]

Rust is an unergonomic language that slows development in the general case (because it has lots of arcane syntax and rules, and people generally don't know it). Suggesting it as the "obvious" choice ignores the tradeoffs that come with adopting it for a project.

[koakuma-chan]

You can just hire people who know Rust. One Rust developer would likely end up more productive than ten Cursor baby sitters in the long run, and you would actually get a high quality app.

[wredcoll]

This is like some kind of psy-op to get people to hate rust.

[koakuma-chan]

Sure. Then good companies will be able to filter out people by only hiring those who know Rust.

[yakshaving_jgt]

I don’t think this kind of sanctimoniousness has much of a success rate as a marketing approach.