IT World CupJan 26

#ITWorldCup Greetings, programs 💾
I've got the honor to present you the match you all have been waiting for: The final of the 2025* Programming Languages World Cup:
#python vs. #rustlang

*yes, yes I know, but we started in 2025. Will start the next one earlier, so it doesn't get confusing again.

Python
50.1%
Rust
49.9%
Poll ended at .
Show threadJani NikulaJan 26
@itworldcup Err what, one's ice hockey and the other's football.
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Jan 26
@jani @itworldcup And as we all *know* Ice Hockey is way better… 😘
Show threadJani Nikula
@Natanox @itworldcup I don't disagree, I've played myself for a long time, but I can understand the appeal in football. (And by football, I mean the kind that is played with feet and a ball.)
Jan 26 at 12:30pmWeb
Show threadJani NikulaJan 26
@Natanox @itworldcup Anyway, apples and oranges is what I'm really getting at, but they don't really hold World Cups for fruit, do they?
Show threadIT World CupJan 26

@jani @Natanox Actually they did in German Mastodon, the strawberry won:

https://hachyderm.io/@Obstturnier@troet.cafe/115861018235456519

Hachyderm.io

Show threadJani NikulaJan 26
@itworldcup @Natanox 😂
Show threadJani NikulaJan 26

@Natanox @itworldcup

On the topic of Programming Languages World Cup Final, I expect Python to score at least three goals while Rust is still mostly just feeling smug about themselves, and Python defending the rest of the match while Rust gains momentum. At the end, it's going to be a tight one.

Show threadRobinJan 27
@jani @Natanox @itworldcup turns out it happened the other way around. Rust was leading early on, until the Pythonians woke up and took the lead for a while, and now we've ended at an incredibly even split with just a couple votes more for Python