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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by yellow_lead on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:55AM (#34789261)
It seems the title changed. It's now "How Rust went from a side project to the world’s most-loved programming language."

The URL slug shows the old title perhaps.

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by zabzonk on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:58AM (#34789295)
i can't believe there is ANY evidence for "most-loved"! most programmers have almost certainly never used it, much less loved it.
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by hdhrufjdi on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:29AM (#34789781)
Ever used Stackoverflow? They do yearly surveys. I am surprised there are people not aware of them
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by zabzonk on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:36AM (#34789879)
ever heard of self-selection?
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by ModernMech on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @11:07AM (#34791369)
Sure, but that doesn't mean there isn't any evidence, as you claimed. A consistent result, year-over-year, in a large and long-running survey is definitely evidence. Not proof, but still evidence.
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by sebzim4500 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:27AM (#34789749)
It wins 'most loved' in the stackoverflow survey every year, so that is certainly some evidence.
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by B8MGHCBekDuRi on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:09AM (#34801605)
the evidence is the same of the elections: if only 30% of the people vote, the most loved vote was non voting.

I don't see PHP programmers going to Stackoverflow to vote for PHP, but it still gets a lot more things done than Rust, for sure.

And not because they don't like the language, but because "normies" don't go out talking about their love for the hammer or their drill or their kitchen too... no wait, chefs talk about their knives constantly!

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