@ryanlpeterman: Why Rust is overused right now Martin Odersky (Creator of Scala): "Right now, rust is actually overused because a lot o…
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Martin Odersky, creator of Scala, argues that Rust is overused for applications where garbage collection is adequate, suggesting simpler alternatives. The tweet promotes an interview discussing comparisons between Rust, Zig, Python, and Scala, and AI's impact on programming languages.
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Why Rust is overused right now
Martin Odersky (Creator of Scala): “Right now, rust is actually overused because a lot of people push Rust for things higher up in the stack
Where a garbage collector is fine, but essentially you still want to code without. And that is, for me, a bit an exercise in doing it intellectually just because you can
I don’t really think there’s a big sense in it.
If you have the memory for a garbage collector, you should absolutely use one, because it makes a lot of things simpler.
So, yes, of course, if given enough brains, I can write code around and I can do that, but why should you? It can be much simpler.“
Ryan Peterman (@ryanlpeterman): Martin Odersky (@odersky) is the creator of Scala and I interviewed him to compare different languages designs (Rust vs Zig vs Python vs Scala) and how AI will impact programming languages.
In this episode:
• Comparing Rust, Zig, Python, and Scala designs • Why its hard to
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