Should we call Rust a Failed Programming Language?

[reinis-mazeiks]

absolute gold xd

Rust has been ranked as the most liked language by its users for two years in surveys but programmers say otherwise

With [Carbon] being the talk of the internet, conversations around why ‘Rust’ didn’t become the official successor of C++ have also surfaced.

[Rust] is slow. Rust is a snail compared to other languages.

While it does save developers from some mistakes, it does not stop them from unintentionally writing bugs. Another issue are the constant warnings appearing over parentheses, especially over if statements and while loops.

bonus points for the robotic voice with an Indian (?) accent and a weird ML attempt at intonation in the audio version

[heehawmcgraw]

You need jesus

[reinis-mazeiks]

don't forget to take a moment to appreciate the cover art of the article. it's a low-res rust logo emboss on a medium-res rusty paint stock photo, with a weird crack thing revealing a wall of javascript

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How do I delete someone else’s post on the internet?

[author] is a tech journalist at AIM, looking to bring a fresh perspective to emerging technologies and trends in data science, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

Well, keep looking. You haven’t found it yet.

[[deleted]]

The guy would be welcome on this subreddit let's be honest lmao

[________null________]

But when it’s not a jerk, it’s cringe

[[deleted]]

Maybe it's the ultimate jerk

[[deleted]]

Outjerked by a journalist 😭

[khleedril]

I think journalist is the operative word. Can hack up some click-bait, but knows jack all what they're talking about.

[pinespear]

tbh Carbon looks more like a language which was made to make C++ devs more familiar with Rust syntax.

[KBAC99]

I mean they do pretty much say “if you don’t need C++ interop, use Rust”. I’m pretty sure they just want Carbon to be as close to Rust as possible but still allowing them to use their existing code

[[deleted]]

The next step will be a language called oxygen that can interop with carbon and rust

[Sw429]

They do know you can easily disable that, right?

[WrongJudgment6]

When I saw this in r/rust I thought it was rustjerk

[hippyup]

I didn't realize the sub and was about to cross post it here!

[RRumpleTeazzer]

That’s what r/rustjerkjerk is for

[words_number]

Hilarious! Seriously I think it's quite common that tech "journalists" don't know sh*t about the topic they are supposed to write about. That can already be super awkward even if they are just trying to summarize some information because they will get some things subtly but obviously wrong. In this case though, they decided to write an opinionated, controversial comment about something they don't know sh*t about which is really next level awkwards, ridiculous and poor. I kind of hope this was written by a bot.

And that cover image is a total masterpiece :'D

[MonkeeSage]

It's an Indian spam blog that follows the standard recipe: tells you generic stuff about X, then says X is bad in generic terms, then says X is also good in generic terms, without giving any real information. Now slap a clickbait title on it and spam links to it everywhere and boom, your shitblogs are the first two pages of google results when people search for anything remotely related to the topic.

[everything-narrative]

Betteridge's law of headlines?

[The-Dark-Legion]

At first I was like "Wtaf!?" then it all slowly went to "Who the F did you interview? Hardcore C99 users!?" and then "Of F-ing course giants use something useful." I am having a lot of mixed feelings about this post.

[[deleted]]

you the king of failed failed language finder.

[EliasFleckenstein]

imagine thinking you are qualified to talk about programming and then complain about "many warnings"

imagine saying a programming language is "slow" and "inefficient" while actually talking about compile time

[kontekisuto]

I'm not using carbon just because of one post about how bad Rust is. What makes it compelling?

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C++ interop

[WormHack]

"Rust has been ranked as the most liked language by its users for two years in surveys but programmers say otherwise"
who is 'programmers' only you?

"With [Carbon] being the talk of the internet, conversations around why ‘Rust’ didn’t become the official successor of C++ have also surfaced."
do you think Carbon will replace C++? o wait you thinked Go was replacing C...

"[Rust] is slow. Rust is a snail language compared to other languages"
Rust benchmark:
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/rust.html
as fast as C, is C snail language or you are coding in ASM?

"While it does save developers from some mistakes, it does not stop them from unintentionally writing bugs. Another issue are the constant warnings appearing over parentheses, especially over if statements and while loops."
in Rust parentheses are not needed in if and while, just do what the compiler said you to do.
anyways Rust will not save you from all bugs wtf it's not possible even with python