> it's still easier to write a pile of C code and get it to compile than it is to write a pile of Rust code and get it to compile. As someone who is more famil

> it's still easier to write a pile of C code and get it to compile than it is to write a pile of Rust code and get it to compile. As someone who is more familiar with Rust than C: only if you grok the C build system(s). For me, getting C to build at all (esp. if I want to split it up into multiple files or use any kind of external library) is much more difficult than doing the same in Rust.