The jungles of Quebec, the mountains of Angola, the lakes of Moldova, and the desserts of Australia all have one thing in common. There are people who live there that love programming in Rust. And now, after years of searching, the young adventurer by the name of Dr. Kentucky Jim has discovered a unique tribe, deep in the uncharted heart of Seattle. These people are unlike any other know to mankind. These freaks of nature can't stand the Rust programming language.
Interestingly, the one trait they share with Rust developers is that they love talking about Rust. But instead of love for the language, they just hate every single thing it can do. And also Crates. They really hate Rust Crates for some reason.
In the mean time Dr. Jim has chosen to call them Metalos, a cheeky play on the name Rustaceans commonly used for Rust developers.
In a statement, Dr. Jim pronounced, "Clearly, these are people that share an evolutionary ancestor with Rust developers. In my travels I've never seen anything like it. My colleague, the world renowned anthropologist Dr. Kimberley Jones says this tribe seems to have the same communal rituals of all developers, where they loudly proclaim a specific toolset is horrible and should not be used by anyone. But the difference here is that they do it with the same amount of conviction and regularity only seen at the same level as Rust developers talking about how great their own ecosystem is. This is fascinating, to say the least."
We got the opportunity to speak with one of these Metalos. We asked why they dislike Rust, but of course coached it in a way as to not anger the tribe. The leader told us, "I just hate it so much. It's too dang fast, and the interoperability with C and C++ isn't exactly the right way to do it. It should be better, the way I like it."