Flame bait: D vs. Rust vs. Go Benchmarking

[Nick Sabalausky]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:55:05 +0200
"Joseph Rushton Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:

> On Friday, 26 July 2013 at 05:10:55 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > If you have an opinion on something that doesn't amount to "it 
> > is
> > good", then yes, you are seen by *many* people as being bad 
> > person who
> > exhibits the sorts of ideas and beliefs that (slippery slope 
> > fallacy
> > here) lead to atrocities (making such beliefs therefore 
> > unacceptable
> > viewpoints - or at least unacceptable to speak and write).
> 
> 
> There's a difference between expressing a negative opinion and 
> expressing it in an insulting or offensive way. The latter tends 
> to create an unpleasant atmosphere to work in.

True, but the quoted examples from the Rust NG looked quite benign
to me. If something as basic as that is deemed "insulting or
offensive", then that creates a chilling effect on the ability
to express negative opinions.