Re:Async-await on stable Rust
by jeffdavis on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:16PM
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Features aren't just checkboxes. It's about the whole package and how they make everything work together.
I need a language with minimal runtime, good support for the C ABI and structure formats, decent macros, good ecosystem and community for mainstream programming needs, and support for async.
Where else can I find that whole package?
Go has too much of a runtime, GC, and doesn't support C structure formats very well (i.e. best case you need to copy/translate them to Go; you can't operate on them directly).
C++ can do it, but the details are ugly and the result unsatisfying.
I need a language with minimal runtime, good support for the C ABI and structure formats, decent macros, good ecosystem and community for mainstream programming needs, and support for async.
Where else can I find that whole package?
Go has too much of a runtime, GC, and doesn't support C structure formats very well (i.e. best case you need to copy/translate them to Go; you can't operate on them directly).
C++ can do it, but the details are ugly and the result unsatisfying.
Ada lacks macros and a mainstream ecosystem.
So... what do I use if not rust?