It's true. Or rather, it's the emergent behavior of the community. Other languages typically don’t openly say, in writing:

> Then [Anti Rust person] should have been perma-banned long ago [on an open forum]. Until this is done, we'll have to warn people about engaging with him…

You can hate kristoff, ignore him or attack his arguments. You can also love a piece of software and treat it as sacred. But other people should not be subjected to that love nor should they be canceled on account of it. Flag it or downvote. Beyond that, it's outside of our control.

I do agree though that kristoff should focus on Zig and not indulge in provoking old enemies. His valid points— deferring premature documentation for newbies until concepts are ironed out— are being lost in programming language holy wars.

> Other languages typically don’t openly say, in writing:

I'm no language though…

> You can hate kristoff, ignore him or attack his arguments. You can also love a piece of software and treat it as sacred.

It's not about “love” or “being sacred” or even about Rust or Zig, it is about behaving in society. Most successful communities at some point meet toxic people who want to start holly wars and insult people. Successful communities are the one who ban those people, or at least coerce them into behaving through social pressure.

When you don't do that, you end up with bullies like Loris occupying prominent positions, and that's very bad for the community because it attracts people like that.

It has nothing to do with programming languages at all.

And sorry to say that bluntly, your discourse about “supremacism” “love” or “sacred” sounds very immature: programming languages are tools and engineering projects, not icons that should be worshipped or hated, they all have their strong points and warts (and god knows Rust has its share of annoyances…). Don't get dragged in holy wars by cult leaders like Loris.