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> $$$money$$$ Rust (backed by a foundation) won over Go (backed by Google). Oh, and remember Dart (backed by Google)?
by hk__2 1y ago
> $$$money$$$
Rust (backed by a foundation) won over Go (backed by Google). Oh, and remember Dart (backed by Google)?
- OoooooooO 1y agoRust can do everything Go does but Go can't do the same as Rust can.
- xigoi 1y agoIn what sense did Rust “win over” Go? And since Google loves to kill its side projects fast, no wonder Dart failed.
- brabel 1y agoDart is really successful. Just look at the latest release that just came out. It’s a really great language and now runs about as fast as Go while looking as good as Kotlin.
- hk__2 1y agoSorry, I guess I’m biaised but I see a lot of Rust-based projects on HN and not many in Go, and in the latest StackOverflow survey Rust is way ahead of Go as "admired language" and a language that people want to work with.
- nine_k 1y agoSay that Rust "won over" Go is like saying that Python "won over" Java. They are both alive and kicking, and live happily in rather different niches.
- hk__2 1y agoPython doesn’t live in a niche, Python is everywhere nowadays.
- zeroc8 1y agoThey are used for different things. There are a zillion successful projects in Go. Don't see how Rust won anything.
- steve_adams_86 1y agoI almost always choose Go over Rust when they are similarly suited to something. I only use Rust when Go's safety isn't sufficient. Go is a joy to use, Rust rarely is (in my experience). I wouldn't say either of them have won. I'd say both are amazing tools, too. We're spoiled for choices these days.
- dismalaf 1y agoRust was backed by Mozilla at first and now it's backed by Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others... Go and Rust don't compete, Go has a GC, they're in fundamentally different domains. Google also uses Rust, among other languages (C++, Java, Python, Go, JS, etc...).
- rjh29 1y agoDart is doing just fine in the Flutter space.