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Rust has replaced Python for me in my personal CLI tools where I expect to use them as an ongoing basis. At this stage I am almost as fast writing Rust as Python, find the Rust projects much easier in terms of environment setup than the whole pipenv/poetry/pyenv world, and enjoy the instant response of not having to wait for a python interpreter startup.

I also have some side projects like a gameboy emulator, where it's nice to have what is effectively a lower level language with the safety and features of higher level language.

My day job is mostly Java/Javascript though, rewriting the world isn't yet worth it, but there's certainly one or two of our systems where if a rewrite in another language was on the table I'd make the case for Rust

parent Macha 4 years ago

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