Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently in HN titles?

Posted by hrbf on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:14AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I’ve noticed that for some time, especially submissions appearing on the front page follow the pattern “X written in Rust”, even when the project itself does not explicitly mention it like this. Why is it important to do that? I don’t see this for most other languages.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by chairoutbreak on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:34AM (#33149463)

Rust is very popular and its ecosystem is still developing. Performance is on par with C while the codebase is easier to maintain, so replacements for other programs written in Rust are often popular.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by joshxyz on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:27AM (#33149424)

simple, rust is still the cool kid in the block. and some projects written in it are really worth checking out.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by fspacek on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:21AM (#33149394)

Naming things is the hardest thing in Mathatics. The beautiful Emily Noether gave us Groups, that you can add, Rings, that you can multiply and Fields, that you can divide.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by mintaka5 on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:09AM (#33149634)

marketing

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by DemocracyFTW2 on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:15AM (#33149673)

Well, maybe it should be done more often for other languages. There's many a software project announced on HN that I click thru to, on account of its promising title, only to find out it's written in a language / ecosystem that makes the entire thing less appealing to me. So I think it's good practice, actually.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is “written in Rust” mentioned so frequently ... by h2odragon on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:31AM (#33149756)

mostly a Religion thing. Rust == Virtue; by some process of contagion.

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