You are generalizing. This is a very isolated incident, and one that I as a Rust dev am baffled about. It seems poorly handled by all sides involved.
Have in mind that 99.99% of Rust devs out there chose it on technical merits and couldn't care less about their internal infighting even if we were paid to care.
Yeah, it's an isolated incident just like all the other isolated incidents in Rust. Anyone remember the Rust Foundation trademark oopsie literally a month ago where the RF wanted to control in fine detail the usage of the name and logo?
Not sure what you're saying, truthfully. Could you please clarify?
My point is the same: most people don't care (and I mean 99.99%; what we've seen in the last days is basically high school drama and no aduy takes such feuds seriously).
The only real danger is that strong contributors leave. We the working Rust devs could feel that at some point in the future.
But even that possibility isn't that scary. Rust is quite mature in many ways already. Most innovation happens in libraries at this point.
I'm skeptical. This incident in particular doesn't prove that Rust has more zealots.
Every single Rust dev I've worked with is a normal programmer who prioritizes merit and rational process.
If you're already unfriendly towards the Rust community then this incident will only deepen your bias. I urge you to not assess the community with this flawed thought process. Rust devs are like all others.
> Rust has more zealots, than every other language combined.
> And it seems as if saying that the rust community has some zealots, upsets you.
First saying "more than every other language combined" and then changing tone to say "some" is disingenuous. And please don't try to technically argue that the former doesn't have to more then the latter - the underlying insinuation is pretty obvious.
Have in mind that 99.99% of Rust devs out there chose it on technical merits and couldn't care less about their internal infighting even if we were paid to care.