Re:Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
by gt0 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:21PM
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I think it overstates the complexity and difficulty of Rust. It has some hard concepts, but the toolchain/compiler is so good that it practically guides you through using them.
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Although I find my brainspace being dedicated to thinking about memory, rather than the problem at hand.
Which can be a worthwhile cost if the benefits of speed and security are needed. But I think it's certainly a cognitive cost.
Re:Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
by notnullorvoid on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:37AM
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You can use RC liberally to avoid thinking about memory though. The only memory problem to think about then is circular refs, which GC languages also don't fully avoid.