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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust

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517 points bkolobara | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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veber-alex ◴[27 Aug 25 16:51 UTC] No.45042068[source]▶
I find the Zig example to be shocking.

It's just so brittle. How can anyone think this is a good idea?

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tialaramex ◴[27 Aug 25 17:54 UTC] No.45042784[source]▶
I assume it's a bug. However because this is an auteur language if you want the bug fixed it will be important to ensure the auteur also thinks it is a bug. If they get it into their head that it's supposed to be like this, they'll double down and regardless of how many people are annoyed they're insist on it.
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jibal ◴[27 Aug 25 19:47 UTC] No.45044228[source]▶
Why would you assume that? It's very intentional design decision.
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1. tialaramex ◴[28 Aug 25 10:09 UTC] No.45050386{3}[source]▶
Because it's a foot gun. People are going to shoot themselves in the foot with this feature, and I'm generous enough to assume that was not desired which makes it a bug.
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2. jibal ◴[28 Aug 25 10:42 UTC] No.45050559[source]▶
As others have noted, this is not idiomatic usage. But again, this is the design ... there's no bug. Languages are full of design decisions that may not be optimal in all usages ... that's different from bugs. Footguns breed bugs.

Here's a page of non-bugs: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/comments/1hd7l...