I'd like to start adding a 'quote of the week' to TWiR . So far though I've been terrible about taking note of good quotes from the Rust world. And also there is much more going on than I can follow personally. So this thread is to beg for people who see insightful or funny things said about or in r…

I needed to double check but apparently, this identifier is actually literally valid. Well, it gives a warning at least warning: identifier contains uncommon Unicode codepoints

[image] Data Structures appear to have an extra level of difficulty in Rust, how would you teach them? This. Every time a post begins: "I am new to Rust and am writing a linked list..." you know it won't end well. This one by @m51 .

Linux Fortune: ( full text ) What they say: What they mean: Meets Tough Quality Standards It compiles without errors. Ok this was not about Rust. It was a joke about languages like C. But with Rust, it's true!

Shameless self-nomination: When a panic has a payload that's an object which needs Drops, And the panic hits a catch_unwind for unexpected stops Before if its Drop panicked we'd just crash to your desktops, Now the payload gets forgotten, and you'd better grab some mops! -- https://twitter.co…

[image] What is you elevator pitch for Rust? community One thing I like about Rust is that it filters out lazy/sloppy thinkers. Even when I disagree with another Rust programmer, there is a certain level of respect that comes from knowing that they thought about the proble…

[image] Rust, sloppiness, and gatekeeping [The Rust community] encourage[s] people to spend the effort to learn and benefit from Rust, [and doesn't] put down those who [fall] short on their first attempt. Seems worthy enough of a self-nomination.

[image] Rust, sloppiness, and gatekeeping As a Rust programmer who's been using Rust for a few years now, I can say, without a doubt -- no, indubitably -- that Rust has made me a far better programmer. I can read C code and think about whether its safe in the context of what I know about what the…

Beginning Rust: Uh why does the compiler stop me from doing things this is horrible Advanced Rust: Ugh why doesn't the compiler stop me from doing things this is horrible qDot on Twitter

The nasty thing about UB is that it does not guarantee that things will go horribly wrong. UB likes to lure you into thinking that you are fine... until it suddenly pulls the floor out from underneath of you and you plummet into the pit where all your code has been arranged in a nice set of spikes. …

[image] aDotInTheVoid: Beginning Rust: Uh why does the compiler stop me from doing things this is horrible Advanced Rust: Ugh why doesn't the compiler stop me from doing things this is horrible qDot on Twitter Just replace the "Advanced Rust" with "Beginner C" (or "Advanced C", for that …

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Objective opinion about Rust safety/speed	46	2864	July 23, 2020
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