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I don't use Rust - but can't deny Rust is saving the environment. countless CPU hours wasted by running dev tools written in slow as molasses languages now get
by dzonga 4y ago
I don't use Rust - but can't deny Rust is saving the environment.
countless CPU hours wasted by running dev tools written in slow as molasses languages now getting rewritten in Rust.
build / lint times * number of times builds taken * kWH = saved energy
- Waterluvian 4y agoHopefully. But oftentimes the result is people just use more of something when it's cheaper.
- Thaxll 4y agoThis is a drop in the ocean, and really not saving anything meaningful.
- mdaniel 4y agoheh, I would actually be curious about that environment claim when one balances the amount of power consumed by compiling rust; i.e. the savings for its users balanced against the horrific amount of wattage drawn on the developer's workstations or cloud or ci servers I now have to compile Firefox overnight because I can no longer compile it and do something else with my (core i7) laptop simultaneously
- Mawr 4y agoSure, as long as there are no tradeoffs involved. But there are. Opportunity cost for one. Your saved energy calculation is the absolute upper bound possible, the real value is likely close to 0 or even negative (crypto). Even the upper bound you've calculated is an infinitely small amount of energy compared with everything else we use energy for at the global scale. It's irrelevant. If you want to save the world, do something that has a clear positive relationship towards it. Ditch your car, plant a tree, vote for the right politician.