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Rust is still extremely niche, large scale mission critical software that runs big tech is not written in Rust
by ldjkfkdsjnv 2y ago
Rust is still extremely niche, large scale mission critical software that runs big tech is not written in Rust
- rcxdude 2y agoit's getting built into some pretty widepread applications: firefox is a big one, it also runs a lot of the super-low-level parts of dropbox. I'd say it's overtaken haskell for adoption at least.
- SoftTalker 2y agoBecause it's really better, or because it's trendy?
- chuckadams 2y agoIt's more practical. I love me some Haskell, but you're never going to write Servo in it.
- TwentyPosts 2y agoLinux Kernel, Firefox, Dropbox, Discord, Cloudflare, Windows, AWS. Idk, looking pretty good to me, unless you think none of these count. Considering everyone seems to hate C++ nowadays, and Rust looks like the only existing alternative. Hard to imagine the trend won't continue.