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Javascript lets you work at a pretty high level, and tries to fill in a reasonable implementation, but you can't be sure how its choices will perform. Go (like
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
Javascript lets you work at a pretty high level, and tries to fill in a reasonable implementation, but you can't be sure how its choices will perform. Go (like C) forces you to dictate the exact implementation in painful detail without abstracting away much of anything, which might be a reasonable tradeoff for very hot paths but not the entire system.
- mst 7y agoThis seems a little unfair, given while the compiler is an even bigger pedant than I am, Rust does allow you to abstract away quite a lot of stuff and still get performant results.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoI like Rust for reusable low-cost abstractions, but using it professionally seems to require an employer with a lot more trust in their team than usual.