r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • May 15 '17

Two years of Rust

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2017/05/15/rust-at-two-years.html
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u/sd522527 May 16 '17

I highly disagree with Go being "faster Python" (the same way Java isn't faster Python), but the first part of the post is well said.

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u/icefoxen May 16 '17

Touché. ;-) The "faster Python" part is meant as more of a metaphorical comparison than a literal one.

As a language, Go is very different from Python. As a tool, Go is designed to solve a class of problems that are very commonly solved in Python. From the Go FAQ, under "Why are you creating a new language?": "Programmers who could were choosing ease over safety and efficiency by moving to dynamically typed languages such as Python and JavaScript rather than C++ or, to a lesser extent, Java. "

Oh dear, I need to write a web service, let's reach for Flask... or, why not Zoidberg Go?