True, I’m not arguing that; but, for example, two days ago there was a big thread about using NLL to solve a problem.
It’s not like we’re past the nightly being the first toy people reach for to solve problems; that is still very much a thing.
It’s not like we’re past the nightly being the first toy people reach for to solve problems; that is still very much a thing.
Some crates will always require nightly because there will always be some people that want to take advantage of the latest features. That's a good thing to a degree, because it encourages experimentation with said features before stabilizing them. This is completely different from implying that nightly Rust is required by a lot of popular crates, which just isn't true. Most people are productively using stable Rust.
/shrug
The OPs point about some/many/[??? numbers of] people not using stable isn’t that unreasonable imo...