From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a02:3941:: with SMTP id w1mr4948051jae.7.1552478386758; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:59:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:f354:: with SMTP id r81mr1460730oih.157.1552478386423; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!r6no1585ita.0!news-out.google.com!l81ni41itl.0!nntp.google.com!82no98496itk.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:59:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <56e6bb4c-fb8a-4ff9-8497-64d8fd5d033b@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=70.109.61.2; posting-account=QF6XPQoAAABce2NyPxxDAaKdAkN6RgAf NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.109.61.2 References: <56e6bb4c-fb8a-4ff9-8497-64d8fd5d033b@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <2577a37d-bbf5-46a8-ad4f-d57c8288cdfb@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Intervention needed? From: Jere Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:59:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:55861 Date: 2019-03-13T04:59:46-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 7:08:14 AM UTC-4, Jere wrote: > > > And, surprise, nobody cares. Because now their pointers are safe. > > > > > Other than that, Rust seems to be a typical C-family language with all the > > > dangers that implies. > > > > What dangers? Like for example pointers? Oh, wait... > > > > And you still wonder why you are not convincing and cannot attract newcomers to the language. > > > > I just think in discussions like this, especially when they cross over into > other communities, shouldn't devolve into "you're wrong!", which can easily > happen since many of us get pretty passionate about Ada. Just wanted to clarify, Maciej, that my response here isn't directly to your quote, but to the email chain as a whole. Your input just happened to be the most recent discussion. I too am worried about attracting new comers. I wasn't intending to say your comments that I quoted fell into the "you're wrong" category at all. Sorry if I caused confusion.