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    Rust? A catgirl of your talents? (lemmy.zip)
    submitted 1 week ago by Genius@lemmy.zip to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] TGhost@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    Hm OK. That I know..

    [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    The joke is that trans people in the tech community are typically developers+Linux users with a propensity to prefer Rust for a programming language.

    A lot of people have been pushing for Rust to be incorporated into the Linux kernel more, rather than being mostly C.

    It's a joke based on a stereotype.

    [–] ryukendo@lemmings.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Is that real rms post?

    [–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

    look at the interactions lol

    [–] parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    The joke is that trans people in the tech community are typically developers+Linux users with a propensity to prefer Rust for a programming language.

    Wait how did that happen?

    [–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Transness and Software development are both correlated to neurodiversity. (I am a neurodivergent trans developer, ftr)

    I haven't especially heard the Linux or Rust stereotype, but it's fair enough for a funny joke.

    [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

    I haven't especially heard the Linux or Rust stereotype, but it's fair enough for a funny joke.

    Stallman is one of the world's most prolific C developers, so that part of the joke may be just making fun of his (likely) reluctance to adopt Rust, which is often recommended to C programmers.

    [–] parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

    Oh I just meant with rust lol, but that does give me a little insight, thanks!

    [–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 days ago

    Alternative lifestyle people are visionaries

    [–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

    Personal pet theory that may also play into it: Trans people are also often in information security roles. Potentially, because when you have to hide your real identity, you start to get good at it.
    And Rust also has various security benefits, especially when compared to C, but also when compared to garbage-collected languages (race conditions are largely prevented).

    [–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

    also because on the Internet you can just be the opposite gender and not have to correct everyone all the time, or just be anonymous and not have a gender

    [–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Also Stallman is against using Rust in the Kernel

    [–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

    Glad we ask his opinion first.

    Does RMS even have any code in the Linux kernel?