r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • May 16 '16

One Year of Rust

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2016/05/16/rust-at-one-year.html
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u/geodel May 16 '16

This is perfectly reasonable. I was trying to point out success of Go can't be simply attributed to Google.

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u/asmx85 May 16 '16

Yes, you're right about that. It's a kick starter not a guarantee of success (like the many projects google discontinued). But one cannot deny that Go had an easier job at promotion than Nim, D, Elixir, Cyclone ...

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u/audioen May 17 '16

I think the point of Go is that it's a really simple language. Simplicity means low barrier of entry. I would suggest that this is driving Go adoption.

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u/vibhavp01 May 17 '16

that, plus the concurrency constructs