>> This is obviously false. How do you square that with all the Rust code we've shipped in Firefox, for example? I build things in Rust every day. - pcwalton
> I didn't state that no one builds anything in Rust so I have no need to square it. - Touche
Touche!
You are technically correct I suppose. You didn't state no one builds anything, but arousing suspicion that "a lot" of prominent Rust people aren't building anything and are just "snacking" on the language is pretty pointed rhetoric with an obvious purpose.
You could start up a Programming Language tabloid with a headline like:
EXPOSED: PROMINENT RUST PROGRAMMERS CAN'T EVEN WRITE IN RUST!
And really that's all before analyzing the line of logic of "people tweeting only about interesting language features and not their personal projects, public work projects, or private work projects implies they might just not be building anything at all" which seems pretty flimsy at best.