3 ms·
Rust is not super appealing to me as C user: too complex, slow compilation, etc.
by uecker 8mo ago
Rust is not super appealing to me as C user: too complex, slow compilation, etc.
- mfru 8mo agoMaybe Zig, Hare or C3 then?
- uecker 8mo agoAlso what I like about C is that is has mature tooling, very portable with multiple implementations, and that is is very stable. I would not use a language for any serious project hat does not offer all this. Honestly, I do not think that the problem is C is o big that one needs to jump ship. There are real issues, yes, but there are also plenty of good tools and strategies to deal with UB, it is not really an issue for me.
- Panzerschrek 8mo agoZig isn't a language I mean. It's still full of footguns. It doesn't address fundamental reliability issues of C.
- mfru 8mo agoI was responding to uecker, who had other preferences
- dotancohen 8mo agoYou are correct about the complexity. I write it with significant assistance from an LLM. Not quite vibe coding, but close. But I'm coming from Python, not C.
- Panzerschrek 8mo agoSlow compilation and complexity isn't an issue. It's a price for much better result code quality and elimination of many errors.