"Rust's compiler prevents common bugs" So does skill. No offense to you, but, this trope is getting so tiresome. If you like the language then go ahead and use it. What is it with the rust crowd that they have to come acrosslike people trying to convert your religion at your front door?
I mean... they do kinda have a point on the last part. I'm no programmer or coder. I can't code for shit. I don't know a lot about development. And even I have the feeling that Rust people, they're kinda like NixOS people a while back, they never shut the fuck up about it. :3
They're definitely enthusiastic, I'll give them that. But so many projects are sold solely on the fact that they are made with Rust, even though it means absolutely nothing to most users.
I remember when System76 announced that they were making a new desktop environment and the only thing they basically said about it back then was that it was made with Rust and it felt like my corner of the internet lost their mind about it like they had announced the second coming of Christ or something.
I love this argument because it means this dude is the only skilled C developer on the planet. Chromium devs are just chumps that should be replaced by this uncommon God.
If we measure only by the amount of mistakes, there would be much more skilled C developers. Take my pristine skills for example, I've made zero mistakes writing all of my 3 lines of C code over years and years, zero mistakes
"So does skill" I agree 100%
However, we're human. You show me a skilled developer who never causes bugs, and I'll show you a liar.
No matter how skilled or experienced a developer is, they always have the capacity to introduce a bug by accident.
Whether it's a typo, or simply being tired or distracted, or just having one of those moments, or even one of those days. It's completely normal.
Coding is just communication, and when working on larger codebases it can be just as nuanced as interpersonal communication. People miscommunicate every second of the day.
I've never used Rust.
A real programmer only needs parentheses smdh
Because most projects are worked on by multiple people, and you shouldn't trust that everyone who will work on something will have the same skill level as you
If there are two languages otherwise equivalent in NFRs, where one lets you make the mistakes and the other doesn't, you're a bit silly if you don't pick the latter.
Good engineers shouldn't struggle to use a different language, so that's not an argument
Glances at the mountains of horror stories a single bug in a C program caused
Gonna guess, basically the same thing. Easy answers to hard questions instead of you having to think about them.
So, as far as they would be concerned, the only reason more people haven't chosen that path must be because they don't know how much easier it is, and how much less they have to think about stuff.
They can't see that building skill and knowledge has value beyond the extra effort.
10 months, 2 weeks, 6 days and 12 hours since I was saved and accepted the one true language (not)
My condolences on not being saved and accepted, I hope the future still holds good things for you 🙏
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