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0 pointsncmncm6y ago0 comments

Rust has largely broken out of Mozilla already. If it can maintain its growth rate (not guaranteed, but so far so good) it will have a future. Check back in five years.

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baby6y ago

It's a very different language than Golang though, very expressive, generics, no GC, etc.

ncmncmOP6y ago

You say that like those are bad things.

Yes, the borrow checker is a PITA vs. Go, but there are compensations.

baby6y ago

These are not bad things if you’re writing system code.

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0 pointsncmncm6y ago0 comments

Rust has largely broken out of Mozilla already. If it can maintain its growth rate (not guaranteed, but so far so good) it will have a future. Check back in five years.

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baby6y ago

It's a very different language than Golang though, very expressive, generics, no GC, etc.

ncmncmOP6y ago

You say that like those are bad things.

Yes, the borrow checker is a PITA vs. Go, but there are compensations.

baby6y ago

These are not bad things if you’re writing system code.

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