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Rust and LLMs are very different domains... If you are writing systems software the choice is between Rust and C, not Rust and ChatGPT. This comment gives me t
by vore 3y ago
Rust and LLMs are very different domains... If you are writing systems software the choice is between Rust and C, not Rust and ChatGPT.
This comment gives me the impression of someone using Rust to follow a fad, not because it is something that is useful to them.
- neilv 3y agoI guess many might've read it that way, so I'll try to clarify. I can already do systems programming in C or C++. If I'm investing in Rust, to do systems programming in some ways better, then I want to restore confidence that it's not already becoming dysfunctional in leadership. Fads come and go, some fad-followers hop jobs every 12-18 months (and really don't have to care much whether a fad pans out, because they'll just hop on the next one), but I'm trying to think strategically and longer-term about what I invest in.
- vore 3y agoThanks for the clarification, though I do have to emphasize that a lot of Rust adopters are those who are adopting it as a replacement for a systems language, and saying you're switching from Rust to working on LLMs is a bit of a non-sequitur and not an actual choice for a lot of people who use Rust. I think the reality is though that you can’t really get away from dysfunctional organization even falling back on other languages (or maybe you prefer the C++ flavor of organizational dysfunction), but I do think with Rust you see it a lot more in the public eye.