Flame bait: D vs. Rust vs. Go Benchmarking

deadalnix deadalnix at gmail.com
Thu Jul 25 20:31:44 PDT 2013


On Friday, 26 July 2013 at 02:51:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 7/25/2013 6:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> Not to slam Rust or the Rust people, but I wouldn't call that 
>> an example
>> of "class" so much as "new age nazi": where everything is
>> incontrovertibly wonderful in it's own special way and any 
>> opinion
>> contrary to that is categorically invalid and not to be 
>> tolerated (or
>> must, at least, be first run through a rose-tinted castration 
>> filter).
>>
>> Referring to those two quotations as "throw[ing] random 
>> slander" is
>> outright hyperbole and very much an overreaction. I'm *very* 
>> glad that
>> we've been mature enough here to allow real, frank discussion 
>> and not
>> descend into the self-righteous, almost Orwellian, whitewash 
>> trap of
>> "happy...or else".
>
> I tend to agree. I enjoy a bit of rough and tumble with ideas, 
> along with hyperbole and excursions into excess, and even the 
> occasional angry outburst.
>
> Where I draw the line, though, is bullying any member of our 
> community. Fortunately, uncivil behavior has been extremely 
> rare, and I am very proud of our community as a result.

Stop reading my mind !


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