> I'm starting to wonder if the Rust toxicity and evangelism are more meme than reality.
Doubtful. If you're running a somewhat known FOSS C or C++ project, chances are you've had to close issues from Rust fanatics aggressively urging you for a rewrite, and shaming you if you object. Nothing has changed in that regard.
I'm glad you've been spared. That doesn't really negate all the negativity and outright harassment that lots of people have experienced with the Rust community.
I think the best example is the continuous vandalization of cppreference [0][1]. I've never seen such behavior from another language community. There's also continuous mocking/brigading campaigns organized on reddit and mastodon.
Doubtful. If you're running a somewhat known FOSS C or C++ project, chances are you've had to close issues from Rust fanatics aggressively urging you for a rewrite, and shaming you if you object. Nothing has changed in that regard.