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This is a pretty genius move on CloudFlare's part. By getting Steve and investing in Rust before it and WA really takes off they get a seat at the table, and wi
by ilovecaching 8y ago
This is a pretty genius move on CloudFlare's part. By getting Steve and investing in Rust before it and WA really takes off they get a seat at the table, and will probably have considerable influence and domain knowledge in both technologies compared to other companies when it becomes mainstream.
Rust is also hedging its bets on WA, and it's looking like Rust might be the language of the future web on the server and client (thanks for all the fish Javascript). CF investing in Rust is mutually beneficial. Rust is still new, agile, and will let people write safe code, which is going to be critical when running modules in the end user's browser.
Hope they let Steve spend a lot of his time continuing to make Rust great, and hopefully Steve will encourage the other Rustacians at CF to make Rust better for the rest of us.