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aleksandar

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I have been working on c, c++ project almost all of my life.
Here and there I would do python, c# even a php projects but mostly those would be short stints.

My skill set needs to be expanded and brushed up and while doing bit of research Rust caught my eye.
Any local developers, opinions, filed that they are working in? (I still prefer back end development)
 
aleksandar said:
I have been working on c, c++ project almost all of my life.
Here and there I would do python, c# even a php projects but mostly those would be short stints.

My skill set needs to be expanded and brushed up and while doing bit of research Rust caught my eye.
Any local developers, opinions, filed that they are working in? (I still prefer back end development)
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I dont know anything about Rust but there was a bit of chatter about Julia

Julia

Never heard of it, but interesting post https://qr.ae/pNyQBp Why is everyone talking about Julia, the new programming language and why is it considered to be superior to the existing ones? Because Julia is a “have a cake and eat it too” kind of language. It does what was thought impossible...
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I do like Rust - never used it personally, but have followed the development. Generally speaking, it doesn't let you go off the rails like C++ does (1001 ways to do things), which is good, and it's pretty fast too. For performance critical work, I would still use C/C++ though, and for high level work I would still use Python. If my goals were somewhere in the middle, but perhaps leaning more to C/C++, and I had to use just one language, Rust would fit most requirements.
 
Rust is an interesting language tbh, but I have little interest in it
Every variable is static, weird error handling(there are no exceptions), memory borrowing as opposed to garbage collection, "simpler" thread scaling.

For my own foray into a strictly typed, manual memory management - I chose C. C is a mature platform with a wealth of modules, documentation, and old foggies to draw knowledge from
 
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CT_Biker said:
RustFor my own foray into a strictly typed, garbage collected language - I chose C. C is a mature platform with a wealth of modules, documentation, and old foggies to draw knowledge from
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C isn’t garbage collected..
 
Quick question: Why is everyone on the Rust hype train? is it because the guy who built Node built another JS runtime in Rust?
 
Rust is a dead-born language - too clumsy, no OOP, crazy memory management... you'll more think how not to step on Rust's crutches than develop. :) Definitely not the language to upskill.
Why not follow c#? It's industrial language, widely adopted and has libs for every imaginable task.
 
pobedonosec said:
Rust is a dead-born language - too clumsy, no OOP, crazy memory management... you'll more think how not to step on Rust's crutches than develop. :) Definitely not the language to upskill.
Why not follow c#? It's industrial language, widely adopted and has libs for every imaginable task.
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I did use c# for 3 projects but with my mainly c++ mindset I had issue with generics/templates (forgot what it was).

Also due to my current project I did not manage to explore rust any further.
 
Thanks for input, somehow I did not get any notifications regarding this thread.

Did not progress much regarding Rust, it will have to wait a bit.
 
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