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> I think Rust will attract developers from C, C++, Fortran and will be used for developing high performance systems like gaming, browsers, telco servers, distr
by ExpiredLink 11y ago
> I think Rust will attract developers from C, C++, Fortran and will be used for developing high performance systems like gaming, browsers, telco servers, distributed computing systems as well as low level, cpu efficient embedded/micro computers.
People choose platforms, stacks, languages, environments, not languages: Rails not Ruby, browser not JavaScript, Unix not C, host not Cobol, ...
- unfamiliar 11y agoFortran programmers will never move to Rust. The level of systems knowledge required to use Fortran is almost nothing. It is already a pretty safe language due to the heavy restrictions on pointers and compiler warnings. The abstractions and restrictions in Rust will make it completely unpalatable to the scientific community.
- pjmlp 11y agoIf anything they might eventually adopt Chapel, specially it is has the sponsoring of a few CPU vendors. Also Fortran is getting a new standard revision this year.
- kibwen 11y agoI'm not sure that Rust particularly cares about attracting Fortran programmers. Fortran is a highly specialized language whose most powerful asset is its enormous body of working code. That's not a market that needs another competitor.