I love the idea of Rust, but...
Shorten 'mutable' to 'mut'
Seriously? Are we editing with TextEdit in this day and age?
Rust 0.2 released
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Re: Rust 0.2 released
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Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. If it just so happens to also be a really, really exciting systems programming language, that's just a plus. The browser engine in question is called Servo, and initial discussions of its design have only just recently begun. See more here: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/03/28/serv...
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. Well, per the FAQ: ( https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ ) What is this project's goal, in one sentence? To design and implement a safe, concurrent, practical, static systems language.
Then they should use Ada. If it's good enough for high integrity applications in space, transportation, or banking, then it's certainly good enough for browsers. ;)
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
It makes fewer compromises than Go. It'd be more appropriate for concurrent, high performance systems projects, whereas Go is a way to rapid-dev high(er) performance networked services.
What sorts of compromises does Go make (that Rust does not)?
Pertinent to what I said? Garbage collection is the biggie. Utterly unacceptable in systems work.
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. Well, per the FAQ: ( https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ ) What is this project's goal, in one sentence? To design and implement a safe, concurrent, practical, static systems language.
Then they should use Ada. If it's good enough for high integrity applications in space, transportation, or banking, then it's certainly good enough for browsers. ;)
Wasn't good enough for the Ariane V launch.
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#25I love the idea of Rust, but... Shorten 'mutable' to 'mut' Seriously? Are we editing with TextEdit in this day and age?
Is it worse than shorting "integer" to "int" or "begin scope" to "{"?
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then they should use Ada. If it's good enough for high integrity applications in space, transportation, or banking, then it's certainly good enough for browsers. ;)
Wasn't good enough for the Ariane V launch.
Nice trolling. Ada wasn't the problem, a decision to disable a warning for efficiency reasons was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5_Flight_501
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#27I love the idea of Rust, but... Shorten 'mutable' to 'mut' Seriously? Are we editing with TextEdit in this day and age?
The ret and crust keywords also irk me.
In ye old time Unix tradition, the Rust developers favor extreme brevity. :)
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#28I love the idea of Rust, but... Shorten 'mutable' to 'mut' Seriously? Are we editing with TextEdit in this day and age?
In JavaScript we have function, when we could be having fun.
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. If it just so happens to also be a really, really exciting systems programming language, that's just a plus. The browser engine in question is called Servo, and initial discussions of its design have only just recently begun. See more here: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/03/28/serv...
Its singular goal is to be an awesome language for writing next-generation browser engines. Well, per the FAQ: ( https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ ) What is this project's goal, in one sentence? To design and implement a safe, concurrent, practical, static systems language.
As it turns out, Web Browsers and AAA video games in addition to Kernels are things which generally require a "systems language"
Re: Rust 0.2 released
#30I love the idea of Rust, but... Shorten 'mutable' to 'mut' Seriously? Are we editing with TextEdit in this day and age?
Is it worse than shorting "integer" to "int" or "begin scope" to "{"?
I think your first point is valid, but Punctuation has other advantages, the symmetry between {} and the distinctness of the symbols (Taller than most, for instance) provide other advantages for the later.