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I think yes. But than I am a Rust fanboy so take this as you wish. The way I see it is: In the future, we'll have 64-128 cores per processors (maybe in a few ye
by csomar 6y ago
I think yes. But than I am a Rust fanboy so take this as you wish. The way I see it is: In the future, we'll have 64-128 cores per processors (maybe in a few years) and parallel programming will be the norm rather than the exception. The second point, Rust abstractions are very powerful, and they can allow for higher-level programming that you are used to in Python/JavaScript.
Also if you think Wasm is the future for front-end programming, it suddenly makes sense to jump all-in in Rust.
- verdagon 6y agoDo you think Swift has a future for WASM? Rust is faster and Swift is easier, and I genuinely wonder how that particular tradeoff will shake out for web.
- csomar 6y agoAre you talking about the memory management model or the syntax. For the syntax, it's a matter of getting used to. For memory management, Rust has alloc::rc, so Rust gives you Swift + more options. Swift is backed by Apple, but whether they are willing to invest in a Swift WASM platform is another deal. The bull case for Rust is getting capital (whether money or dev time) from Microsoft and Facebook as both these companies don't have an equivalent and have use cases for Rust.