<story><title>Rust has been forked to the Crab Language</title><url>https://github.com/crablang/crab</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>weinzierl</author><text>I disagree with the general sentiment in this thread that this is a useless immature move. Sure, Crab will almost certainly not replace Rust, but that is not the goal.&lt;p&gt;The ultimate objective is to influence Rust stakeholders&amp;#x27; decisions.&lt;p&gt;This is similar to a strike where ultimately your goal is not to destroy the company or to quit and leave, but to achieve better conditions. In both cases it sometimes works and sometimes not and in both cases, just because it might not work does not make it an immature move.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>timkofu</author><text>It’s evidence of division and strife. They have allowed the environment to get toxic. Groups that were planning on adopting Rust will now think twice, as it’s future now looks uncertain. All organizations that produce something valuable face this test, it’s the ones that don’t fracture that succeed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rust has been forked to the Crab Language</title><url>https://github.com/crablang/crab</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>weinzierl</author><text>I disagree with the general sentiment in this thread that this is a useless immature move. Sure, Crab will almost certainly not replace Rust, but that is not the goal.&lt;p&gt;The ultimate objective is to influence Rust stakeholders&amp;#x27; decisions.&lt;p&gt;This is similar to a strike where ultimately your goal is not to destroy the company or to quit and leave, but to achieve better conditions. In both cases it sometimes works and sometimes not and in both cases, just because it might not work does not make it an immature move.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>solarkraft</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s the threat of people abandoning the current leadership. It has to be credible to make a change.</text></comment>