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> something that serves as a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business. I think it's great that Google has been embracing Rust, but this feel
by steveklabnik 3y ago
> something that serves as a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business.
I think it's great that Google has been embracing Rust, but this feels hyperbolic to me.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoIt's hyperbolic for now but not for the future, I suspect. Sounds like chunks of Android are going Rust, but they have also bet big on Rust in Fuchsia. So if Fuchsia has a real future (a questionable proposition), Rust is a huge "cornerstone" of that.
- steveklabnik 3y agoEven if we assume that Fuchsia and Android are 100% rust, I would find “the cornerstone of their entire business” to be hyperbolic. Yes, these are important projects. It is a big deal. But there’s way more to Google than these two things.
- LoganDark 3y agoWell, the fact that they're not 100% Rust means that Rust/C++ interoperability is important to them because they want to add Rust components. Isn't that what's happening here?
- steveklabnik 3y agoSure. That doesn't change that "a cornerstone of every aspect of the future of their business" isn't hyperbolic. That said, the OP has clarified that they didn't mean that Rust was this thing, but that language development in general is.
- digdugdirk 3y agoAdmittedly poor phrasing, thanks for pointing that out. I meant more "core language development" rather than Rust specifically. A quick search shows they spent almost $40 billion last year on development expenses. I'd like to imagine the alternate reality where even just $100mil of that was spread out across various core language organizations.
- steveklabnik 3y agoThat does in fact change things quite a bit :)