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The title is confusing. If it tries to compete with other hash functions, why does the title have to bear "in Rust"?
by nullnilvoid 10y ago
The 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).