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There's no mystery there. Contrary to the previous poster, I suspect people simply compare the languages because they appeared around the same time and are bot

There's no mystery there. Contrary to the previous poster, I suspect people simply compare the languages because they appeared around the same time and are both backed by big players. There's nothing really comparable between them (although the that's just my opinion) and I'm baffled as to why they are co pared so often.

burntsushi 11y ago
Any two languages can be compared. The notion that the act of comparing two languages can be traced to one particular root cause (such as the use of the word "systems" N years ago) is ludicrous to me. What matters is the analysis that is involved in that comparison. For example, I'd find the answer to this question very interesting: "Compare and contrast concurrency in Rust and Go." I contend that the answer to this question is epic. It will take you back through the history of PL and lots of really interesting design decisions. At the forefront: should concurrency be a first class part of the language? Or should it be part of a library? And that's just one interesting question. There are plenty more.