Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by CJefferson on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:57AM
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I'm involved in a couple of github projects where we have had drive-by "hey, rewrite your project in Rust" PRs. Obviously not official or anything, but never seen anything like that for any other language.
Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by runevault on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:05PM
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I feel like those are actually trolls. I don't remember the last time I saw someone serious about rust doing those types of silly stunts.
Oh, back when Java first came out, Sun themselves were pushing this ("Rewrite it in Java!") line in spades. The hype train was unbelievable back then.
Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by ncmncm on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:48AM
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There is no such language as C/C++. You and I are tired of C being used where using a more powerful, safer language would also be faster. Rust could be that language, but C++ is another, and much more likely to still be known in ten years.
Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by Brave-Steak on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:17PM
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/ = or
As in C or C++. I didn't mean it as its own language. And C++ has plenty of issues where I'd consider it equally unsafe. Unless you're a god tier programmer, and even then, it's impossible to write safe code without insane amounts of effort that can't be expected in most projects.
I haven't seen this. At most, I've seen the push for rewriting important libraries where security is a core issue in Rust. I don't blame them. I'm tired of C/C++ being used everywhere because of performance, leading to the current-day situation of so much fundamentally unsafe code running the world.