With rust, it's very refreshing in that it's idiot proof, which JavaScript is not. CSS is not relevant, since it is not actual programming.
I don’t need a lecture on the history of JavaScript, thank you. Especially since JavaScript/TypeScript has come such a long way that JavaScript the Good Parts is barely relevant anymore.
> Rust… idiot proof
That’s such a… interesting statement that I’m not going to respond further.
Another, very real "programming" situation could be the following: correctly parsing 3D mesh information in a multithreaded fashion and pass that to your preferred API of choice. Is one going to get all edge cases right the first time? Is your program's codebase large enough? Eventually it becomes kinda yucky having to wait.
The compiler may know what is programmatically correct, not what your intention is. I think that's what the other person was trying to argue.
I'm not too concerned about compile times myself, I'm used to them given I mostly dabble with compiled languages (I do a lot of CSS though!), but there's a argument to be made about iteration time and being fast in solving a problem.