Comment by lifthrasiir
5 years ago
Of course I don't disagree to you, I too think that that reputation is extremely hard to retain. However:
1. It seems that there are/were some language communities noted for their relatively more welcoming atmosphere. If small communities are usually great until it aren't, why don't we see many such communities? There seems to be some truth in this (albeit ultimately fragile) reputation.
2. For this reason, in order to claim that some community is no longer what it used to be, you need multiple anecdotes at the very least.
If a small community is great and the tool they push is valid, it will grow until it's not great anymore. Try mentioning any tool that has grown in popularity, stood the test of time, and still has an exemplary community.
If a small community is great but the tool is not particularly good, they will stay small and simply get ignored. That's the average scenario for most languages not pushed by a wealthy vendor: you just don't hear about them because you don't need the tool.
> you need multiple anecdotes at the very least.
Meh, this is just the first of many to come, if Rust is to keep growing in popularity. It's on the same trajectory as Go, just a bit behind because it got usable a few years later.
> Meh, this is just the first of many to come, if Rust is to keep growing in popularity. It's on the same trajectory as Go, just a bit behind because it got usable a few years later.
If you originally meant that the Rust community is on the way of becoming less welcoming, well that works for me.
Re 1, if they're small communities, you don't hear much about them in the first place. And if it's a language community, then the language is probably pitched long before the quality of the community comes into question.
That is, I've never heard anything about the communities for zig, D, beef, futhark, pony, Julia, etc.
But then, I don't think ever seen any comment on their community... Their supporters are too busy trying to justify the language's existence!
Well let me the first to mention Julia’s community. Especially on the julialang slack channel, the community is excellent. It’s incredibly friendly, welcoming and helpful.