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The claim is that it is a blazingly fast hash function compared with other hash functions, and it is also written in Rust. Rust is an enabling technology, but n
by tupshin 10y ago
The claim is that it is a blazingly fast hash function compared with other hash functions, and it is also written in Rust. Rust is an enabling technology, but not able to be dramatically faster than a comparable C/C++ implementation, as a general rule.
- nullnilvoid 10y agoThe title is confusing. If it tries to compete with other hash functions, why does the title have to bear "in Rust"?
- pcwalton 10y agoBecause it's probably the most notable/unusual part of this hash function. Virtually all other hash functions for at least a decade have had their reference implementations written in C or C++.
- echelon 10y agoThe Rust ecosystem is growing rapidly, and I personally think it's awesome that we're telling the world about it. Rust is production-ready and presents several advantages over C and C++. The more people that jump on board, the faster we get more libraries, and the more companies will take a look at using Rust in their own production environments. I predict Rust will also begin to find use as a backend server language, and begin to eat into Java, Go, Python, and Ruby mindshare. Though there's a learning curve with Rust, it doesn't take too long to become productive. I'm also excited to see how Rust makes inroads in game development. I think we're all going to start seeing more Rust in our headlines. It's a great language, and the people I know that use it are in love with it (myself included).