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I feel like it's far easier to find more zealously anti-Rust people than zealously pro-Rust people - hating Rust has almost turned into a meme.

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They are people of very similar mentality, with opposing sensibilities.

The rest navigate quietly, bobbing in the rippling wakes of their passionate fighting.

Technically, I prefer Rust but I understand people who find Go better suited for their work. For example, devops is mostly Go nowadays and that makes more sense than Rust (or Python).

But I've never, ever seen toxic behavior from the Go community. For Rust, it's the norm, sadly.

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