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Nope. In my experience, Rust saves you from very common obvious errors that junior programmers make, certainly not 10x programmers who have been writing C for a
by phendrenad2 4y ago
Nope. In my experience, Rust saves you from very common obvious errors that junior programmers make, certainly not 10x programmers who have been writing C for a long time. It's great when you're starting out (which is why it's massively popular with new graduates or people who are just learning to program), but at some point it's questionable if the hand-holding Rust gives you is worth the extra development time overhead, more complex syntax, etc.
It also depends on what you're writing. If you're writing cryptographic routines, or protocol handshaking, the tradeoffs are heavily weighted in Rust's favor.
- ttfkam 4y agoYep, all those kernel, driver, and database devs out there are all junior devs just starting out. No way anyone with decades of experience will introduce a remote exploit or crashing bug in their C programs and libraries. Never happens. No CVEs to see here! Move along! /s
- phendrenad2 4y agoWhy do you think this is a valid argument? Are you saying there are no junior devs working on databases, kernels, drivers? What evidence do you propose to back up that astounding claim?
- hardex 4y agoFor the unironic use of "10x programmer", I'm hereby sentencing you to death.