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Original goal of Rust, from what I've read, was to basically replace highly concurrent, critical modules in a C++ codebase.
by oxff 5y ago
Original goal of Rust, from what I've read, was to basically replace highly concurrent, critical modules in a C++ codebase.
- chockchocschoir 5y agoI'm sure everyone who worked on Rust have their own "goals" with the language, that also changed over time. The language and ecosystem is now big enough that there isn't a single reason for Rust existence anymore, there are many. But according to the OG author of Rust, the elevator firmware where he lived crashed often, so: "I'd been sad about software and thinking of doing a language for a while, but "elevator can't even go" just seemed so pathetic.". Hence Rust was born. See https://twitter.com/graydon_pub/status/1492634815748739077 https://twitter.com/graydon_pub/status/1492634815748739077 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30321747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30321747