From 556fe3dcc9a45c52589a9f1aad832e668ada8439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Remo Senekowitsch Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:42:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid disparaging language The word "dogmatic" has negative assocations with "irrational" and "unwilling to change ones mind". The word "opinionated" on the other hand is more neutral and even positive in many situations. This is more fitting, because we're not trying to argue that the approaches of other languages are inherently worse than Rust's. --- src/ch16-00-concurrency.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/ch16-00-concurrency.md b/src/ch16-00-concurrency.md index 8b5adcf61a..121cdeca78 100644 --- a/src/ch16-00-concurrency.md +++ b/src/ch16-00-concurrency.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ subtle bugs and is easy to refactor without introducing new bugs. > parallel_ whenever we use _concurrent_. In the next chapter, where the > distinction matters more, we’ll be more specific. -Many languages are dogmatic about the solutions they offer for handling +Many languages are opinionated about the solutions they offer for handling concurrent problems. For example, Erlang has elegant functionality for message-passing concurrency but has only obscure ways to share state between threads. Supporting only a subset of possible solutions is a reasonable