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Rust doesn't have the same goals as Python or Go. It remains first and foremost a systems language, where Go is first and foremost a web language. Also: when t
by brundolf 4y ago
Rust doesn't have the same goals as Python or Go. It remains first and foremost a systems language, where Go is first and foremost a web language.
Also: when the package ecosystem is as strong as Rust's, it's less important to supply first-party things just because they're useful, and more important to supply things that establish a common interface that multiple third-party packages can then agree on as a standard. See things like the Future trait
- giancarlostoro 4y agoAre you telling me there isn't a single system in this planet without a UI? Because that sounds like a bad claim. I would also appreciate it if the standard library had a standard for UIs so you can build something UI library agnostic, that would be really interesting to see. Until we have languages like Rust and Go make headway with GUI stacks, we will be forever cursed to live in a world full of Electron web apps.
- pjmlp 4y agoThe systems language C++, traditionally came with rich frameworks alongside their compilers. Nowadays it only applies to Visual C++, game consoles and embedded platforms, because everywhere else it lost the leading role for full stack development.
- brundolf 4y agoRight, because higher-level languages became fast enough for a lot of that stuff. Rust was born into a world where that was already true