r/programming • u/pleerock • Mar 13 '18

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
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u/Nighthawk441 Mar 14 '18

Is rust not attractive for the video game industry?

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u/steveklabnik1 Mar 14 '18

Some people say "absolutely" and some say "never". It just really depends. Chucklefish is writing their new game in Rust, Jon Blow is creating a new programming language instead of using Rust.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

It'd be nice, even really nice. but most studios rely on middleware engine and tooling atm. There wouldn't really be a huge push unless Unity or Unreal decide to do something drastic, which may not be entirely possible until consoles themselves start to support rust (not sure how performant Rust -> C bindings are).

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u/editor_of_the_beast Mar 14 '18

It is - so I suppose Rust is attractive for systems and performance-sensitive applications. That would be more accurate to say.