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Re:Rust and the Future of Systems Programming [video] by bsder on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @03:14PM (#12971027)
> when you can run javascript on a pebble watch it blurs the boundaries

And yet Javascript can't access a network socket or my flash storage in any useful portable way.

Javascript is hampered by everybody trying to bolt on "security" after the fact and basically hobbling usage of the language.

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Re:Rust and the Future of Systems Programming [video] by z3t4 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:25PM (#12972180)
You also need a hardware abstraction layer with Rust, so why not use a higher level language like JavaScript or Haskell, besides optimizations and personal preference !?
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