Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing language

Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by logifail on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:06AM (#34789408)

Going from almost zero to some small number may present a rate of increase that appears huge.

Going from very large to even larger still may be a much lower rate of increase.

Never let the facts get the way of a good headline?

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by k__ on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:35AM (#34790788)

True.

But I'd assume that most are just used by their creators.

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by marcosdumay on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:59AM (#34791240)

Well, if you use relative rates of growth, following an exponential curve, yes, that happens.

If you use absolute rates of growth, following a linear curve, no, that's bullshit.

The article has no numbers, but appears very strongly to use the second definition.

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by logifail on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @12:13PM (#34792523)

> If you use absolute rates of growth

I'm not sure what an "absolute rate" (of growth) is, can you explain?

Aren't growth rates usually (always?) expressed as a percentage change of a variable over time? How could that be anything other than relative?

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by B8MGHCBekDuRi on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:17AM (#34801635)

growth, definition: the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.

If something grows from 1 to 2 it doubled.

If something grows from 100 to 101 its growth was 1%.

In absolute terms it's the same amount.

So you got it backwards.

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