The Rust I wanted had no future
Very interesting insight from Graydon, in hindsight I too would have loved something more towards ML than C++. I never liked the kitchen sink approach that I see first C++, now Rust moving towards, but I respect what Rust has managed to solidify into. It&#x27;s a good language.<p>That said, I still hate async with a passion, it makes the language more complex and not very elegant (i.e. function coloring). And now that I know how it works behind the scene (thanks to Jon Gjengset  [1]), it feels so complicated and hacky, a mediocre very high level concept that someone managed to implement as a zero-cost abstraction. Impressive, but still a bad idea.<p>I&#x27;m sure the pro of having a BDFL instead of a committee is being able to follow a singular vision, instead of trying to appease members by adding the fad du jour which might stray a little too far from the original vision. Too many chefs in the kitchen and all.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ThjvMReOXYM">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ThjvMReOXYM</a>