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> I don't get the need for Rust since I happily compile common lisp to machine code when I need fast binaries.

Not sure how that’s relevant when CL is basically dead and no one wants to work with it, while Rust is flourishing and delivering value

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If the value proposition is internet drama, then it certainly does.

Rust isn't 'delivering value', people are just drinking the koolaid. CL has its niches, and it still fills them well: it's never been that successful as a general-purpose language.

> Rust isn't 'delivering value'

Citation needed.

Or, what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed by pointing to ripgrep.

Oh wow a replacement for a tool I already have. It's slightly faster, even if I seldom ever worry about its speed. Who cares?

57000 people who have starred its repository on Github care.

More evidence than you have provided for your claim "Rust isn't delivering value", what did you use to come to that conclusion?

It's a toy. Cool project, but it's a replacement for something that already exists and does its job well. All it demonstrates is "we micro-optimized our libraries more than GNU". It doesn't say anything about the advantages of Rust itself.

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