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Comparing Go and Rust doesn't feel right. They are obviously designed for solving different kind of problems. Go is a simple language, maybe even too simple for
by twtwtaway 12y ago
Comparing Go and Rust doesn't feel right. They are obviously designed for solving different kind of problems. Go is a simple language, maybe even too simple for my taste. But simplicity is its greatest strength. And I can understand people who would prefer Go as their go-to language for dealing with specific kind of problems. Go is a boring language but gets you where you want to be in a short time and without much suprises. Rust, on the other hand is designed for systems programming. It's got some nice features but it's also a lot more complex language than Go. I don't want to fight compiler all the time. Sometimes I don't need that kind of safety.
- bjz_ 12y agoI agree that it doesn't feel quite right, but this post seems to be more of a personal exploration of going from some ignorance of both languages, to having a better understand of where each language sits. His concluding section is nicely written.