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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe less money means less ridiculous side projects

Like Rust?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

For userland code that basically fingerbangs every server on the web, some forced memory-safety might not be a bad idea

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

I really hope that's sarcastic, because Rust is one of the most valuable additions to the whole IT field in a good while.

Entire industries have been stuck on C/C++ for decades. Industries, which are normally extremely late to any form of modern software development, are now practically jolting to get Rust integrated into their toolchains.

Similarly, languages without runtimes allow for building libraries that can be called from other programming languages, which so far meant C/C++. That's a big reason why many widely used open-source projects like OpenSSL, SQLite, OpenGL etc. are written in those.
Even if, for whatever reason, you think Rust is awful, getting a third language into the mix will allow many more people to build similar libraries, which is again really good for everyone.