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Re: Most of Rust job offers are in crypto

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Unfortunately.

Similar to Haskell. While with Rust it can be justified by its novelty and status as a meme, Haskell has been here since 1990.

Maybe it's because it's hard to attract talent in that space without offering niche, cool tools that are hard to find elsewhere?

Re: Most of Rust job offers are in crypto

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Unfortunately. Similar to Haskell. While with Rust it can be justified by its novelty and status as a meme, Haskell has been here since 1990. Maybe it's because it's hard to attract talent in that space without offering niche, cool tools that are hard to find elsewhere?

also coq, from what charles hoskinson says

Re: Most of Rust job offers are in crypto

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Unfortunately. Similar to Haskell. While with Rust it can be justified by its novelty and status as a meme, Haskell has been here since 1990. Maybe it's because it's hard to attract talent in that space without offering niche, cool tools that are hard to find elsewhere?

Maybe it’s because crypto actually needs the advanced features and correctness that Rust provides, while language doesn’t matter for most of your basic CRUD jobs so people use JS or whatever

Re: Most of Rust job offers are in crypto

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Unfortunately. Similar to Haskell. While with Rust it can be justified by its novelty and status as a meme, Haskell has been here since 1990. Maybe it's because it's hard to attract talent in that space without offering niche, cool tools that are hard to find elsewhere?

Maybe it’s because crypto actually needs the advanced features and correctness that Rust provides, while language doesn’t matter for most of your basic CRUD jobs so people use JS or whatever

doesn't seem like Rust is a silver bullet for preventing crypto hacks

Re: Most of Rust job offers are in crypto

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it’s because crypto actually needs the advanced features and correctness that Rust provides, while language doesn’t matter for most of your basic CRUD jobs so people use JS or whatever

doesn't seem like Rust is a silver bullet for preventing crypto hacks

(Ethereum) Smart Contracts are usually written in Solidity, not Rust...
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