Wow, just think of how “woke” Ada must be!

Yeah... its community is entirely different from that of Rust. :P

I think it parallels the Christian Crusades where crusaders believed they had a moral duty to reclaim the Holy Land™ and convert people to Christianity, causing enormous damage in the process. Similarly, the Rust™ ecosystem largely believes they have a moral imperative to replace all software for the cause of memory safety.

Much like priests hidden away in their sacristies, the Rust™ community meets my criticisms with the silence of a prayerful vigil, retreating to the cowardly sanctuary of downvotes instead of engaging in the enlightening pursuit of reasoned dialogue. [1][2][3][4]

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35060939

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34925457

3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31779218

4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31097928

As much as I found this funny and insightful, I think that you misrepresent the crusades (and perhaps, by extension, Rust). In my partially-informed opinion, conversion wasn't a major goal, even though people in conquered lands were given the option to convert and integrate. It was more important to claim "holy" land for Christians and make a show of owning and controlling the significant territory.

Whether or not Rustaceans want to banish C people to the desert to write printer drivers or to commit apostasy and assimilate I am not qualified to say.

>I think it parallels the Christian Crusades where crusaders believed they had a moral duty to reclaim the holy land and convert people to Christianity, causing enormous damage in the process

Perhaps those crusaders have also witnessed several centuries of islamic invasions of said lands, and countries all around the general area, and the takeover by force of the local populations...

I’m pretty sure that “think of the children” is a position taken at least as often by people who describe themselves as anti-woke, such as DeSantis and his “saying gay is illegal” idiocy.