TWiR quote of the week

#722

I'm never gonna ask that question again... Oh, and I can't unsee it now, thanks y'all

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#723

I can't tell which one is which?

#724

From Writing "fluent" code, creating objects with reference to self and lifetime subtyping

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#725

From std::marker::PhantomData and unused fields in structs:

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#726

Rust and rustaceans being what they are, if you say „performance“ you can expect few crates to pop up.

From: https://vorner.github.io/2019/11/03/io-uring-mental-experiments.html#what-exists-already

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#727

I know the closest connection this has to Rust is being in a blog post that's a response to Gankra's "Text Rendering Hates You", but it's just so good:

In my experience, prayers are not a very effective concurrency primitive.
-- https://lord.io/blog/2019/text-editing-hates-you-too/

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#728

there are two hard problems in computer science:

  1. writing software that isn't in rust
  2. naming things

from https://view.matrix.org/room/!BHcierreUuwCMxVqOf:matrix.org/?anchor=$lmmD3T6f-OTVFqcUo1w-e1hiJQcbFwYBr_8_ezrywnk&highlight

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#729

Quite so.

I suspect naming things should be number 1 on the list. Even Rust does not help us with that.

#730

We've previously had QotWs that weren't specifically about Rust, haven't we? I think that's actually a good thing; QotW are quotes the community "likes", which should arguably say more about the community than about Rust the technical project.

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#731

If being directly relevant to Rust is not required my quote of the week comes from Russell Anderson in some video about some kind of programming on YouTube I found last night:

I can make software, without knowing, whatever it is that I'm doing.

He was talking about the subtleties of Javascript. It rang true with me as I seem to have spent my life making software with a new language, operating system, application area every two years or so. Now Rust of course. Permanently in a state of not knowing, whatever it is, that I'm doing :slight_smile:

#732

I love rust and javascript, top 2 favorite languages. Rust is very safe. JavaScript is a hot mess. I want my core game engine code safe, and my gameplay code a hot mess.

Bombfuse, on the unofficial Rust discord, on the topic of scripting languages for game engines.

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#733

batisteo on Reddit

As a community, we won’t let the borrow checker be more friendly than us!

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#734

considering i learned that lesson from writing a bunch of rust code, there may be more of a connection than you think :wink:

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#735

In russian if one not sure they would say "да нет наверное" which literally translates "yes no maybe"

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#736

I both strongly agree and strongly disagree. :slight_smile:

@Ixrec demonstrates traditional Rust trade-off bending skills.

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#737

Telling a programmer there's already a library to do X is like telling a songwriter there's already a song about love.

-- PeteCordell #NoDealNoWay (@petecordell) January 29, 2014

Suggested by matthieum on reddit.

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#738

The entire OP of https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/dxh6pg/why_is_trpl_sold_in_the_gift_shop_at_the_spy/

My friend found several copies of The Rust Programming Language in the gift shop of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. According to him, there were no other programming-related books, only the Rust book.

Why?

I must know how this happened. Please help me solve this important mystery.

-- /u/late-rule

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#739

I love this reply there:

"Well a Museum purpose is also memory safety, I guess."

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#740

In case anyone just wants to know why the gift shop has TRPL, one redditor wrote them an email and got a response:

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#741

I said it before, and I'll say it again: If one views Rust as a critique on C++, one should view it as a constructive critique.

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