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Aside from the emphasis on mutability, I got nothing from this except bias. .jar files are an _advantage_, and the author comes across as a card-carrying member of the Rust Evangelism Strikeforce aiming to bring into the fold a small (but opinionated, and borderline influential) community :)

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Why are you so negative about Rust and people who advertise it?

Because they _advertise_ it. The piece would be a lot better if it did positive comparisons.

I think you may have missed the sense of humor. For instance the thing about jars is absolutely a joke. I thought it came across very much as someone very reasonably discussing tradeoffs and cracking some pretty good jokes along the way.

As an aside, you have to be kind of careful when saying things appear to be advertisements - if it doesn't seem to be true (as in this case it doesn't), then you come away looking like the one with an agenda.

It's not a competition.

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