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I don't use Rust or make pro-Rust comments, but the pro-Rust comments don't bother me at all. They're respectful and substantive.

The anti-Rust comments, like yours, are irritating, off-topic, and not adding anything to the discussion. If you want to start a language flamewar, there are better places to do it.

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I think the point is that many HN posts mention "I made X in Rust", whereas similar projects using Go or Javascript don't mention the language in the post title. So it does seem like Rust users tend to like vocalizing it.

I also think this study is slightly biased towards new and hip languages. For example, less people are going to vocalize that their new web app is made with Javascript, because that's already the assumption. But Elixir will almost certainly be mentioned

The pro rust comments on rust posts are great. The pro rust comments on every other post about any other language are not as great.

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