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Re: Emerging Rust GUI libraries in a WASM world

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Post by shadow_lord3 » Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 3:53 PM UTC

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Re: Emerging Rust GUI libraries in a WASM world

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Post by wolf_gang7 » Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 3:54 PM UTC

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Re: Emerging Rust GUI libraries in a WASM world

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Post by Tozen » Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 3:58 PM UTC

tluyben2 wrote: post #129

brabel wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The main issue was that V promised automatic memory management like Rust, but without the "trouble" caused by the borrow checker, which is something anyone who knows about the problem more deeply would laugh at.... last I checked, they were still at the same stage as a few years ago with that: "it will be working soon". It will almost certainly always stay there.

The problem is that although the creator is gifted, he seems to not have much theoretical PL design knowledge. That is an issue for something as complex as this; this automatic memory management without a GC is cutting edge research and we don't know if we can make it work without making sacrifices like Rust did. You have to sacrifice something and that means while you won't have to worry about memory management, the…

Vlang is worked on by a large group of different developers, not just the creator. It seems this gets lost in a lot of narratives, as if it's a one man show. If you check V's GitHub, it's clear to see they have many contributors and developers who are professional programmers or have extensive backgrounds.