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> it's a bit unfortunate that it comes with manual memory management that 99% of programmers don't need For what I've seen, that's actually the #1 feature of
by TuringTest 10y ago
> it's a bit unfortunate that it comes with manual memory management that 99% of programmers don't need
For what I've seen, that's actually the #1 feature of Rust.
A programmer who wants to use a ML-like language that doesn't need that feature should instead be using Haskell or F#; Rust is designed for systems-level programming, where being able to control every cycle of the processor is important. For that, you need manual memory management.
- fnord123 10y ago>A programmer who wants to use a ML-like language that doesn't need that feature should instead be using Haskell or F# Or ocaml...
- lmm 10y ago> A programmer who wants to use a ML-like language that doesn't need that feature should instead be using Haskell or F# Indeed. Since I think that's the majority of programmers (whether they know it or not), I wish it was Haskell and F# that were getting the mainstream attention, and Rust that was the niche language with the, well, small cult following.