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This, but I'm getting tired of people using Rust for things that really should be in C# or Java.
by bigtimesink 2y ago
This, but I'm getting tired of people using Rust for things that really should be in C# or Java.
- laerus 2y ago"really should be" ? "in C# or Java" ? where do you even base these claims? Do you know what C# and Java threads have that Rust doesn't? data races. And don't get me stated on the biggest paradigm failure that is OOP.
- bigtimesink 2y agoProjects I've seen at work. Projects posted on Hacker News. Data races aren't usually an issue for backend services, and modern Java/C# is multi-paradigm.
- pdimitar 2y ago[flagged]
- lostmsu 2y ago> Data races aren't usually an issue for backend services I beg to differ unless all your logic is in the database with strong isolation guarantees. Speaking of C# for backends that are using EF actively, I bet there are bugs in pretty much all of them caused by incorrect applications of optimistic concurrency.
- legulere 2y agoBoth have a garbage collection though that lead to higher developer productivity than compared to rust's affine types.
- brink 2y ago> higher developer productivity Where have you been the past 5 years? Rust developers are insanely productive. Can we put this myth to rest already? Rust being an "unproductive language" is thoroughly dis-proven.
- hello_moto 2y agoRust is the silver bullet we all been waiting for?
- ramon156 2y agoNo, that's the other end of the stick. Its en par with other languages
- hello_moto 2y agoWell, put any language against Rust and Rustaceans would argue Rust is better than those languages so ... Silver bullet no?
- chasd00 2y agoIf the word “Rustaceans” is actually in common use then rust loses by default.
- neonsunset 2y agoThere are domains where C# (and F#) productivity stems from similar reasons why writing a game in something that isn't Rust might be more productive without even sacrificing performance (or, at least, not to the drastic extent). I can give you an example: var number = 0; var delay = Task.Delay(1000); for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { Task.Run(() => { while (!delay.IsCompleted) { Interlocked.Increment(ref number); } }); } await delay; How would you write this idiomatically in Rust without using unsafe? To avoid misunderstanding, I think Rust is a great language and even if you are a C# developer who does not plan to actively use it, learning Rust is of great benefit still because it forces you to tackle the concepts that implicitly underpin C#/F# in an explicit way.
- pdimitar 2y ago> How would you write this idiomatically in Rust without using unsafe? Channels and selects. It's trivial.