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> Rust is like the Perl of system programming. So not true. I'm hardly a Rust aficionado, but Rust is definitely a spiritual successor to C++, while Go is more
by whimsicalism 2y ago
> Rust is like the Perl of system programming.
So not true. I'm hardly a Rust aficionado, but Rust is definitely a spiritual successor to C++, while Go is more of a successor to Java.
- wiseowise 2y ago> while Go is more of a successor to Java. In what sense?
- whimsicalism 2y agogarbage collected, the usecases I see it, generally being used to write network services
- z0r 2y agodon't forget generics added a decade after language inception in both cases
- EnergyAmy 2y agoThey're both blub languages, designed to be simple and boring but with lots of grafted-on cruft from the designers not realizing that complexity is a waterbed.
- nullbyte 2y agoPlease do not compare rust to C++, that is an insult to C++
- whimsicalism 2y agoSeriously? I love C++ and barely use Rust, but they both seem like pretty good languages to me.
- LoganDark 2y agoIn my experience, C++ is by far the most common language Rust is compared to. Rust will never stop being compared to C++.