I spent an afternoon messing about with Rust and found it infuriating. The compiler kept (quite rightly) telling me how crap my code was and wouldn't compile it for me. I found it frustrating but thoroughly educational.
For systems programmers, Rust looks a fantastic option. For line of business apps, it is inaccessible and the safety dial is turned up too far. But then I guess that is because Rust isn't intended to be a general purpose language for writing line of business apps?
I can see it being useful for writing platform neutral, gnarly code and offer easy hooks for popular, managed languages such as JavaSript, C#, Java et al to hook into.
Outside of systems programming, I wonder if Rust will be part of a silent revolution?
For systems programmers, Rust looks a fantastic option. For line of business apps, it is inaccessible and the safety dial is turned up too far. But then I guess that is because Rust isn't intended to be a general purpose language for writing line of business apps?
I can see it being useful for writing platform neutral, gnarly code and offer easy hooks for popular, managed languages such as JavaSript, C#, Java et al to hook into.
Outside of systems programming, I wonder if Rust will be part of a silent revolution?