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Or ... Business applications do not care about safety.

• shadowmint 10y ago
  It's probably more a case that safety is critically important, but most LOB apps do not have particularly strict performance requirements. ie. java is good enough.
  • kod 10y ago
    Not only is java good enough, it's currently better than rust for networking applications. Hopefully tokio changes that, but it's not 100% there yet.
• tatterdemalion 10y ago
  Please read my comment more carefully. My argument has nothing to do with safety, and flippant replies are quite rude. > I believe that the rules of Rust not only give you exceptional performance without memory issues (as this article tries to demonstrate), but also that its rules engender a higher degree of correctness and 'well-factoredness' than most languages. I believe Rust is an excellent language for writing applications at every level of the stack when 'craftmanship' matters.
  • di4na 10y ago
    And once again, i stay my case in the fact that "higher degree of correctness and well-factoredness" is probably not rewarded at all. Which means that the system do not push people to move to something that make these factors better. Performance is not one either. And i am not saying it is good. I strongly support your case. But the thing is, these factors do not matters for most business out there.
    • tatterdemalion 10y ago
      Fortunately the number of businesses that have to value correctness, craftmanship, safety, or performance over 'moving fast and breaking things' is not that high in order for Rust to succeed. I would agree that it will always be a language in the minority, but I think the industry is moving in an increasingly pluralistic direction as regards programming languages & that (nearly) all languages will be minority languages.