Thoughts on Rust bloat
At the risk of being slightly tangential, I&#x27;ve been sorely wanting to air this particular grievance with Rust for some time. It&#x27;s somewhat related, since the author mentions their package system. Its package ecosystem isn&#x27;t nearly in the horrible state that node&#x27;s is, but having a package system shouldn&#x27;t be a substitute for designing a useful standard library for a language. I think that the attraction to &#x27;small languages&#x27; is very much misplaced. If I can&#x27;t get through Rust&#x27;s official documentation without being recommended the use of third party packages for basic functionality (getopt, interfacing with static libraries... Etc) then the designers have made a terrible error.