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Yeah, what’s frustrating is (a) I wanted to like it; (b) it’s taking up a lot of the job market relative to other alternative languages I’d rather use; and (c)
by fiddlerwoaroof 3y ago
Yeah, what’s frustrating is (a) I wanted to like it; (b) it’s taking up a lot of the job market relative to other alternative languages I’d rather use; and (c) I like the language Graydon describes as “the language I wanted” https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/307291.html https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/307291.html
- satvikpendem 3y agoSeems like you want something like OCaml then.
- tialaramex 3y agoSo, the reason Rust took the direction it did is that a lot of people want a language specifically like this, while there were already plenty of languages roughly in the ballpark Graydon wanted. I don't have a clear use for one of those languages, I might use it in some cases anyway, but I was compelled by Rust, it's more or less exactly what I needed. I can have a proper type system like an ML, and touch the metal like C? Yes please.
- soniczentropy 3y agoB is exactly how I've felt about, in order: C, C++, Java, C#, Javascript. I spent almost 20 years writing languages I did not like because I couldn't find jobs in anything else. Rust saved some of us from a lifetime of exactly the problems you have with Rust, maybe let us have this one :)