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As a heavy ruby, go and Python user what kind of scripts or programs should I consider migrating to rust to help with learning it? Or is it really just low lev
by kkirsche 10y ago
As a heavy ruby, go and Python user what kind of scripts or programs should I consider migrating to rust to help with learning it? Or is it really just low level stuff that I can't justify the additional complexity
- moron4hire 10y agoWhen you say "low level stuff", what do you picture?
- kkirsche 10y agoI picture things like drivers, kernel extensions, etc. I do a lot of network programming with raw sockets and custom packets, parsing Netflow / IPFIX, etc.
- Manishearth 10y agoNah, it doesn't have to be that low level. Servo, for example, doesn't deal with this; it's a web browser. Think of the use cases where you'd use C or C++, and Rust should work there. You probably can rewrite Ruby scripts in Rust if you want, but the productivity benefit depends on the kind of script. But for the purposes of learning the language it doesn't really matter.