Re:Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming
by adastra22 on Friday June 03, 2022 @02:26AM
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There are plenty of languages to choose from if you allow a GC. I think Rust's niche is systems-level programming where a garbage collector is an impossibility. I wish there was an easier to use language with Rust's features which occupied this niche. I find myself reaching for modern C++ instead of Rust when I want to be productive :(
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Re:Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming
by adev_ on Friday June 03, 2022 @04:03AM
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> I find myself reaching for modern C++ instead of Rust when I want to be productive :(
You are not the only one, this is also my experience.
And if you think about it: This is fine. There is a reason why we are not using TLA+ or format proofs framework when we want to do quick prototyping: Safety has a cost like everything else.
It can be a run-time cost (in case of ARC or GC languages) or a mental effort / productivity cost but it is still a cost.
Re:Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming
by pjmlp on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:54AM
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Same here, I like Rust a lot, however in one side I already have JVM and .NET languages for 99% of the stuff I do, and for the remaining 1%, having C++ burned on my brain since 1994, with the 40 years of tooling, I rather spend the time using it.