WHAT?

> there's not much reason for LWN (formerly Linux Weekly News) to cover them.

There doesn't appear to be a clearly defined charter here and that's part of the issue. You've chosen to scope it to just systems-level programming languages despite the fact that the Linux ecosystem makes use of many higher-level and lower-level languages. Worse yet, there is plenty of coverage on this site for a programming language like Python so even the scope you've opted for is wildly off-base.

> it seems there was not enough interest among readers to continue.

And this is the modern challenge that content creation/distribution channels have to face. You either pander to a niche but terminally online vocal minority or you stick to some predefined ethos. The former strategy is a means for survival. The latter strategy means possibly ending up like AnandTech. I don't have the answer or any recommendations here. On my end, my attention and support are finite resources that I would rather focus where I deem they would have the most value.

> I see nothing "idiotic" in his comment.

Inane? Unsubstantial? Witless? We're just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Maybe it's a problem on my end? I find myself having a shorter and shorter fuse with the pro-Rust crowd. Somehow, they managed to take the worst parts of the Apple fanboys and the Pythonista/Scala/Haskell hype phases and then exponentiated them into something far more toxic and all around worse. I cast aside any benefit of the doubt years ago. At this point, you can call it bias if you want. I would call it a defense mechanism, not unlike one I've developed for the crypto space. When something is off and off-putting, cutting through the chaff is a more than rational response to develop over time.

This ended up being much more than I intended to write so apologies are in order. I also can't see myself continuing this thread too much longer so apologies in advance for not carrying on with this as well.