Have in mind that 99.99% of Rust devs out there chose it on technical merits and couldn't care less about their internal infighting even if we were paid to care.
No, my statements about zealots in the rust community, are not generalizations. Rust has more zealots, than every other language combined.
Note, advocates are not the same as zealots.
Every single Rust dev I've worked with is a normal programmer who prioritizes merit and rational process.
If you're already unfriendly towards the Rust community then this incident will only deepen your bias. I urge you to not assess the community with this flawed thought process. Rust devs are like all others.
At no point did I claim it did.
If you're already unfriendly towards the Rust community
Where did I state this?
It seems you are touchy on this front. And it seems as if saying that the rust community has some zealots, upsets you.
Most other dev languages don't even have "communities".
> And it seems as if saying that the rust community has some zealots, upsets you.
First saying "more than every other language combined" and then changing tone to say "some" is disingenuous. And please don't try to technically argue that the former doesn't have to more then the latter - the underlying insinuation is pretty obvious.
Further, most languages barely have any advocates, let alone zealots. Rust is a massive outlier here.
My statement is accurate, valid, makes sense, and is predicated upon observation.
My point is the same: most people don't care (and I mean 99.99%; what we've seen in the last days is basically high school drama and no aduy takes such feuds seriously).
The only real danger is that strong contributors leave. We the working Rust devs could feel that at some point in the future.
But even that possibility isn't that scary. Rust is quite mature in many ways already. Most innovation happens in libraries at this point.
Rust may, or may not, be the next best thing. However, the zealotry expressed by some rust pundits, is very off putting to me. One thing I have learned, is that zealotry is where moral compromise enters, it is where "for their own good" and "the ends justify the means" starts, followed by concepts such as "we need to force people to understand".
Some rust pundits seem to be such zealots, injecting rust commentary into everything. Almost religious.
Thus, I am not surprised by this. To speak ill of the holy relic, to utter dissent, drives zealots to mad excess!