Rust is the New C (www.youtube.com)
from TypicalHog@lemm.ee to rust@programming.dev on 12 Mar 19:15
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TypicalHog@lemm.ee on 12 Mar 19:33 next collapse

Please watch the video before disliking it just because of the title.

nebeker@programming.dev on 12 Mar 22:36 next collapse

My take on a summary: like C/C++, Rust can be relevant in a variety of use-cases and one could conceivably build a long-term career on it, while adjusting to market/technology interests.

Seems like a reasonable prediction?

solrize@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 04:10 collapse

Thanks, that’s reasonable to say, much more reasonable than “Rust is the one true language that is right for everything”. No idea about long term careers in anything related to programming, because of AI displacing every sort of knowledge work. But Rust will probably stay relevant for a while.

Certainly, the concept of building a career around a programming language has always been unsound. Good programmers know lots of languages and can pick up new ones as the need arises.

If you want to study one language as a means of absorbing new ideas, I’d suggest Haskell rather than Rust. You probably won’t get to use it at work directly, but it will make you a better programmer in general. learnyouahaskell.com is a good place to start.

The stuff here is way more professionally important than being good at Rust or any other language: antirez.com/news/112

fluffy_hub@programming.dev on 13 Mar 17:45 next collapse

I saw this the other day. After clicking your link i left a comment but essentially Rust is Rust, it’s more that C/C++ is at the end of its life. But i get the title aiming to mean Rust is taking over C’s role, Rust is a completely differnt beast

TypicalHog@lemm.ee on 13 Mar 18:12 collapse

Not to be rude but - if you actually watched the video, you would know that the meaning behind the title is something completely different than “Rust taking over C’s role”.

fluffy_hub@programming.dev on 14 Mar 13:12 collapse

Your not being rude. You are just wrong, I watched it twice once before you posted when the video was about 6 minutes old, and again when you posted it. I just confirmed that it isn’t a new C.

TypicalHog@lemm.ee on 14 Mar 13:49 collapse

If you really watched it - can you tell me in one sentence what the video creator really meant with the title “Rust is the New C”. It’s not that Rust is a literal replacement for C.

fluffy_hub@programming.dev on 17 Mar 09:20 collapse

No

TypicalHog@lemm.ee on 17 Mar 20:50 collapse

Cuz you haven’t watched it.

MITM0@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 14:51 collapse

It’ll never be the “New C”, even Rust doesn’t claim to be one. C++ on the other hand😅

lunaticfriki@mastodon.world on 19 Mar 14:55 next collapse

@MITM0 @TypicalHog some people say Zig will be the new C...

MITM0@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 15:28 collapse

Those people are even crazier

TypicalHog@lemm.ee on 19 Mar 17:33 collapse

You haven’t watched the video. If you did - you would know what the title really means instead of assuming it means being a literal replacement for C.