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This comparison doesn't really make that much sense. Rust is a systems programming language and should be compared vs C++, C, D. Go should be compared against
by tasubotadas 6y ago
This comparison doesn't really make that much sense.
Rust is a systems programming language and should be compared vs C++, C, D.
Go should be compared against Java, C#, Scala and the likes as all of them had similar design goals - productivity for complex systems.
"Compiles to binary" is rather a poor way to group languages.
- bitfield 6y agoWell, the problem with that is that not everyone would agree on that way of classifying languages _either_! And people do want to know what the differences are between Go and Rust, as they're so often mentioned in the same breath. I think the comparison is valid (whether you agree with it is another question).
- tasubotadas 6y agoFair enough. I like to pick my tools based on the problem I am trying to solve.
- bitfield 6y agoMe too! You'll have noticed that that's exactly the structure of my article: which problems is Rust a better choice for, and which problems suit Go. It's intended to help people just like you, who want to pick a tool based on the problem they're trying to solve, rather than tribalism.