XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in Rust

Re:XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in Rust by mmirate on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:21AM (#17944338)

Shorthand. Compare the lengths of these two strings:

    > fast, cross-platform, easy install

    > Written in Rust

Also note how the second statement expresses a single concept; whereas the first statement is a list of concepts that must be memorized and reproduced by rote, and is therefore constantly at-risk of being stated incompletely or inaccurately.

(And it is incomplete: there are many more reasons why "Written in Rust" might be important, such as correctness, security, and ease of maintenance/refactoring.)

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Alternatively: why convey a set of vague descriptors when you can instead convey precisely why they are applicable, and let the audience's pre-existing memories fill in the details for them?

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Re:XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in Rust by colanderman on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:08PM (#17948499)

Like I said, "written in X" conveys pedagogy and integration. (Or, if we're being cynical, hip language clickbait.) It's not a very good shorthand.

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