Comment by fooker
1 month ago
> this seems somewhat unlikely to me.
Rust is literally the fast stab at making a memory safe systems language.
Do you really think we are never going to be able to design a better one?
1 month ago
> this seems somewhat unlikely to me.
Rust is literally the fast stab at making a memory safe systems language.
Do you really think we are never going to be able to design a better one?
> Rust is literally the fast stab at making a memory safe systems language.
Graydon started developing Rust in 2006, 20 years ago. The guy is somewhat famously a compiler buff with experience in a half dozen of them. What about that comes across as a "fast stab" to you?
> Do you really think we are never going to be able to design a better one?
I didn't want to learn C++. I learned it anyway because it was the best in the niches I was interested in, as well as there being existing programs that I wanted to contribute to that were written in C++.
I can state for a certainty that if I had waited around for the perfect language before making the leap, it would have negatively affected both my career and hobbyist dalliances.
> I had waited around
Did I mention waiting around? You should always use the right tool for the job, and right now if you need a memory safe systems programming language for a greenfield project, Rust is the tool.
My point is that Rust's ergonomic issues will see it replaced when someone figures out a way to net similar advantages in a friendlier language.
It's amusing to see strong beliefs on this being impossible!