Git implemented in Rust

Re:Git implemented in Rust by adamnemecek on Monday April 01, 2019 @11:02AM (#19543954)

I support RIIR 100%. It’s much easier for me to contribute to Rust projects. It’s not just the language (but that is definitely a part). I don’t need to worry about shit like “how do I build this project” or "my code might run on platforms x and y but I'm not sure about platform z". With c/cpp, the build process can be potentially very complicated. Missing headers, missing binaries. With Rust, I just run “cargo build”.

Furthermore, the resulting code feels just so sturdy. I can also expose it as C and it can be used from the likes of Python.

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Re:Git implemented in Rust by josteink on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:02PM (#19546186)

> With Rust, I just run “cargo build”.

The value of simple things like this is immensely underestimated.

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Re:Git implemented in Rust by beatgammit on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:13PM (#19546320)

Yeah, I just spent a couple hours configuring CMake when I was porting a Windows app to Linux, and it was a pain tracking down all of the dependencies. I had a similar app in Rust that worked with a `cargo build` out of the box (actually, my friend rewrote my Rust version to C++ because I was lax in updating it).

Say what you want about Rust v C/C++, but you cannot tell me that Rust's build process isn't easy. In fact, building for other platforms is pretty trivial, just `rustup add <target>` or wherever and you can target pretty much any common platform and many uncommon ones, and those targets will get updated with everything else. In fact, it's so nice that I have to convince myself to not use it as the way to distribute CLI apps (`cargo install <tool>`).

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