Rust is also object oriented, it's just more like C in the sense that there is no Object class to inherit from. It's also similar to Python in that the OOP language has enough features borrowed from functional programming that it can be used that way

Excellent, thanks for the tip! I'm thinking of writing a linked list and creating reference pointers to the list so I can copy it and change the copy. Unsafe fixed all the problems, but my PC keeps crashing. I think it's some non-rust util smh

I swear I must be the only Rustacean in the world who agrees with you. I'm embarassed to share a language of choice with these people sometimes. Yes, Rust makes it harder to write incorrect programs, but it still requires you to use your brain and besides, the process of rewriting is likely to introduce a metric shitton of bugs, especially if you vibe code it like I've seen a lot of people doing.

It's not all good but the memory management and no undefined state is a huge plus for libraries to have.

I know lol I'm just shitposting based on the C++ post from yesterday

i mean, it’s a good fit for a utility like this. starts quick, runs fast, small memory footprint… all the benefits of C/C++ but with modern tooling and a sane type system.

I could understand caring a lot about the language if I were writing or maintaining something, but not usually if I'm just using a software package, unless it has performance implications. Maybe for software that has privilege escalation risk you maybe want a language that might help mitigate some security issues, but launchers shouldn't fall into that camp.

But, hey, people have their own preferences and opinions. Maybe someone's super into Rust and wants to try to run as pure a Rust environment as possible or something.

I'm not making fun of that person. More power to them. I'm making fun of the rust community's desire to rewrite the fabric of the universe in Rust

Perfect. I will not be satisfied until my entire body is rust

Dropping the /s for a moment, I actually already learned Rust about 7 years ago for my CS courses. There was a 7 week writing course where we had to pick a programming topic, centered on language design. I chose to generally discuss Rust because of lifetimes and found that there are a lot of cool things, but the syntax can get extremely dense

Sorry, I'm sure it's because you were excited to learn rust too, but the videos didn't play