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Re:My least favorite Rust type by hobofan on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:07PM (#24547845)
I'm not a PL designer, but from everything I've heard him say regarding PL design, I agree with your assessment that one probably shouldn't take PL design advice from him (or at the least take them with a grain of salt).

However I don't think there is any need to suggest he's a "fraud", the language is "fantasy" or faked for the stream. I also don't think that there is any need for him to release the compiler.

Have you considered that Jai is just a hobby project? Many programmers choose writing a programming language as a hobby project so why shouldn't he? Releasing a compiler to the public and having everyone demand that he also maintains it for every corner case they have is a lot less fun than just working on it for your own scope and showing it off/discussing it in your stream.

Re:My least favorite Rust type by the_hoser on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:11PM (#24547884)
If that's all that he did, then I'd have no concerns. He likes to talk down other up-coming programming languages, too.

But they've got something his language doesn't.

Re:My least favorite Rust type by fsociety on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:31PM (#24548106)
Did he say something that offended you? He shares his opinions to people who ask about it. Often his opinions are shared on his livestream - which is an environment he ultimately owns.

I’m a bit shocked at your attitude with this. Your conviction is unnerving. The existence of jai doesn’t prevent the existence of Rust or other languages.