Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by sdegutis on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:20PM
(#22111076)
I’d agree, basically Haskell is focused on academic purity and abstract experimentation while Rust is focused on being equally practical and innovative at the same time.
Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by vperez on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:44PM
(#22111334)
Haskell is actually used by companies to solve practical problems, a non trivial example being Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78
Not too bad for an abstract experimentation.
I can't add much to the Haskell part as I've only ever used it sparingly. In many aspects, I view Rust as only having one or two small things that are new (or at least new in a non-research programming language). Its big strength is combining a lot of existing good ideas in a principled manner.