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Rust dev team cares too much about async and webdev imho. Yes I know the web is where 95% of programming jobs live now. But as a C++ systems programmer I simply
by forrestthewoods 2y ago
Rust dev team cares too much about async and webdev imho. Yes I know the web is where 95% of programming jobs live now. But as a C++ systems programmer I simply could not care less about the web. Rust is a systems language trying to get its foot in the web door. I'd selfishly rather it focus on being a superior C/C++. Alas.
- ChrisSD 2y agoThe usual complaint is that there has been little progress on async and webdev in Rust itself since 2018 so it's odd to hear the reverse complaint. Though I would add that Rust's async is not just about webdev; it has had success in embedded contexts e.g. the popular https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy?tab=readme-ov-file#embassy https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy?tab=readme-ov-file#emb...
- conradludgate 2y agoThe nature of open source is that people work on what they want to work on. People work on async because it interests them. But to the same level many people in the lang and libs team don't know async that well. You may perceive it that everyone works only on async but this is just not true.
- pkolaczk 2y agoAsync is not for webdev only.