Comment by baalimago
1 day ago
Why haven't Rust been forked by some bigger company, who have the time and resources to specialize it into something which fits better into a professional market? Yes I'm saying low compilation time -> high development RTT is a requirement for the professional market.
Maybe it has been, but said bigger company hasn't published their work?
I disagree fast compile times are "required" for the professional market btw. They are nice, sure, but there's plenty of professional development out there in languages that are slow to compile.
> bigger company, who have the time and resources to specialize it into something which fits better into a professional market
Welcome to the central thesis for using Microsoft's stack.
If I'm getting paid money based upon the direct outcome of my work (I.e., freelance / consulting / 1099), I am taking zero chances with the tooling. $500 for a perpetual license of VS the cheapest option by miles if you value your time and sanity.
Iteration time is nice, but the debugger experience is the most important thing once you are working on problems people are actually willing to pay money to solve. Just because it's "possible" doesn't mean it is ergonomic or accessible. I don't have to exit my IDE if I want to attach to prod and run a cheeky snippet of LINQ on a collection in break mode to investigate a runtime curiosity.