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It’s being used for a wide variety of other purposes however, and so perhaps it’s time to adapt to that reality. While overhead is a real concern, I think it’s
by cosmic_cheese 2mo ago
It’s being used for a wide variety of other purposes however, and so perhaps it’s time to adapt to that reality.
While overhead is a real concern, I think it’s often blown out of proportion. Once a language achieves a certain baseline of stability and isn’t in constant flux and the standard library matures, changes become infrequent and maintenance load is low. The work is heavily front-loaded.
- VorpalWay 2mo agoNot at all true, look at the large parts of Python's standard library that are effectively unusable or irrelevant. And they even allow some breaking changes over time (unlike Rust). This is especially true when it comes to anything related to internet protocols or file formats, but there are other modules that have far better replacements on PyPi too (re vs regex for example).
- kelnos 2mo ago> It’s being used for a wide variety of other purposes however, and so perhaps it’s time to adapt to that reality. Who is going to pay for the resources to make that happen, though? The reality is that the bulk of Rust contributions come from a fairly small group of people, many of whom are volunteers. Some are Mozilla employees, and they don't have all the funding in the world. Yes, it would be great if every open source project could magically be able to meet the needs of all its users, but that just isn't how it works.