Rust vs. Go 2025 (opens in new tab)

I grimaced when I read this headline in the article:

> Fast, compact executables

They may be fast, but since both languages push you towards static linking neither yield compact executables.

    $ ls -l c-hello nm-hello
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 akips  wheel    5000 May  9 10:19 c-hello
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  526296 May  2 11:15 nm-hello
    $ 

With Go (I think) this is just a tool chain choice. In Rust, monomorphization means the language is more of less wedded to large executables.

I really tried to love Go. But I guess it’s too verbose for my liking. Not having modern paradigms like iterators, or basic data structures — is a bummer, especially in web related development.

On top of that, the pollution of ‘if err != nil’ everything, makes the code unreadable.

Rust, on the other hand, is adorable, and I enjoy it every time I get a chance to write in it.