I am a bit dissatisfied with the use of the Tragedy of the commons to represent issues with free and open source software development. It is not an abstract resource that can be depleted when overused. It is not magically maintained if left alone.

As the main developer of nom, the Rust parser combinators library, I'm usually happy to see other parser libraries appear in Rust. The language's strengths play well in that space, and writing parsers is a nice way to explore it.

I'm delighted to announce that nom, the extremely fast Rust parser combinators library, has reached major version 4.

I initially did not want to write a post with what I want and foresee for Rust in 2018, because I'm already very happy with it! I have spent more than 4 years tinkering with the language, experimenting, and I love the freedom I get when playing with low level stuff. In those 4 years, I discovered a wonderful, welcoming community and made some awesome friends. So, yes, I'm happy with Rust as it is :)