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Why rust over go?

• ncmncm 6y ago
  Different use cases. Go was designed to be easy to use for un-demanding problems. People mostly switch to Go from Ruby, Python, or Java; or from C in places where C was an unfortunate choice to begin with. Rust is gunning for C++ territory, in places where the greater expressiveness of C++ is not needed or, in cases, not welcome. They would like to displace C (and the world would be a better place if that happened) but people still using C at this late date will typically be the last to adopt Rust.
  • mrfusion 6y ago
    So you’re saying it should have better performance than go?
    • ncmncm 6y ago
      Sometimes. Better control of performance.
      • mrfusion 6y ago
        Easier to search for if nothing else.
    • ncmncm 6y ago
      I am mainly saying it is suitable for solving harder problems than Go. Most problems are not hard; Go is good enough for them, and easier to learn and use well. All these languages are Turing-complete. The difference is in how much work it is to design and write the program, and in whether it can satisfy performance needs. C++ wins here by being more expressive, making it better able to implement libraries that can be used in all cases. Rust is less capable, but stronger than other mainstream languages.