I'm a physicist whose written substantial projects in both Julia and Rust (and C/C++/Object Pascal/Java/Python/...). I'm also a person who refactors frequently. While my mind was initially blown away by all the cleverness in Julia, I eventually found that for non-trivial packages the "time-to-first-X" became painful - way more painful than compiling Rust code (mostly with debug occasionally with --release). Plus the amazing generality of Julia code was both a blessing and a curse. Julia really needs interfaces to ensure that a duck really is a duck. In the end, I find Rust (despite/maybe because of) the picky compiler to be overall much more productive. With Rust, I find I can make major refactors, when the code compiles and my test code runs, I'm good to go. With Julia, months after I've refactored, I'm still finding footguns. I still use both but it is Rust that has my heart these days.
Other thoughts: Developing Rust on Windows is painful but on Linux a joy. both cargo and Julia package managers are wonderful compared to other language alternatives.
Other thoughts: Developing Rust on Windows is painful but on Linux a joy. both cargo and Julia package managers are wonderful compared to other language alternatives.