Many folks asked me about this, so I wrote a statement on why I resigned from working on Rust:

https://www.jntrnr.com/why-i-left-rust/

Why I left Rust

JT
@jntrnr In case you weren't aware, the emotional language of the post (e.g. "my heart broke", "I wept") is drawing a lot of attention in the HN thread, including alternative interpretations, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103439
It's a dog whistle. What the OP is *actually* saying is that he's extremely angr... | Hacker News

@matt @jntrnr The Orange Site can fuck right off.

@soc On reflection (and for more reasons besides that specific thread), I think you're right. And I regret that I participated in that thread, and that I brought it up here.

@jntrnr