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"I've been wondering what might move data scientists to Rust" I mean, writ large, the answer is "The availability of the ecosystem they need to use daily in Ru
by DannyBee 3y ago
"I've been wondering what might move data scientists to Rust"
I mean, writ large, the answer is "The availability of the ecosystem they need to use daily in Rust, without having to rewrite it themselves." That is more than just a torch replacement, so this won't do it for data scientists, even if Python is ... painful in a lot of ways to productionize or even use.
Maybe it'll get some started on that ecosystem, though, so that a few years from now you see larger movement.
- appplication 3y agoMore than the ecosystem, it’s the speed and flexibility in prototyping python offers. I do not see rust becoming a replacement for that. The uncomfortable fact is that you really don’t need thread safety or static typing to prototype and build models effectively.
- ElectricalUnion 3y agoI guess the answer is when the ecosystem stops being composed of mostly experimentation, training and prototyping (data scientists) and turns into deployment and upkeep (ops) of said systems. Prototyping and training doesn't pay the bills. (unless you're Hugging Face, lol)