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ericfrederich ◴[] No.44365535[source]
I am totally against Python tooling being written in a language other than Python. I get that C extensions exist and for the most part Python is synonymous with CPython.

I think 2 languages are enough, we don't need a 3rd one that nobody asked for.

I have nothing against Rust. If you want a new tool, go for it. If you want a re-write of an existing tool, go for it. I'm against it creeping into an existing eco-system for no reason.

A popular Python package called Pendulum went over 7 months without support for 3.13. I have to imagine this is because nobody in the Python community knew enough Rust to fix it. Had the native portion of Pendulum been written in C I would have fixed it myself.

https://github.com/python-pendulum/pendulum/issues/844

In my ideal world if someone wanted fast datetimes written in Rust (or any other language other than C) they'd write a proper library suitable for any language to consume over FFI.

So far this Rust stuff has left a bad taste in my mouth and I don't blame the Linux community for being resistant.

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pabs3 ◴[] No.44373711[source]
I'm wondering why folks aren't moving wholesale from Python to Rust, seems like it would be better for everyone.
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1. whytevuhuni ◴[] No.44374101[source]
It would be a wholesale move from one of the easiest programming languages to start on, to one of the hardest languages to start on.

Most programmers I've met were beginners, and they need something easier to work with until they can juggle harder concepts easily.