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0 pointshdjksndhsi1y ago0 comments

So a few things .. Rust is a very good safe language. It also has an unsafe keyword to make the compiler ignore borrows etc.

If you want fast iteration, use python and then hand transpile your code into rust.

Not every tool has to be used at once ... but Python for the idea and rust for the implementation can be the best of both worlds ... :)

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Xeamek1y ago

Except Rust's unsafe is even worse then any other 'unsafe' languages.

And while you can technically prototype in a other language, speed of iteration is always a bottleneck.

The only way to escape it is if You are an about master of language, the project you are working on and even the feature you are adding.

But that's a verry rare case scenario

pdimitar1y ago

I don't disagree btw. As a contractor I have found myself very often in a situation where Rust's slower iteration simply didn't work for me so I got back to Elixir and also relearned and started getting proficient in Golang.

Rust's slower iteration only disappears when you become a pro as you said and that's my main problem with it. I simply can't invest as much time and effort for free.

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