Considering Rust for Native Programs: A TypeScript User's Reflection
By
vishnumohandas
Crisped on the outside, thoughtful enough on the inside.
Summary
The article discusses the author's contemplation of writing in Rust for native programs despite their preference for TypeScript. It explores the author's journey of considering Rust for various projects, including a desktop background program.
Key quotes
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This train of thought started with wanting to write a program, an xfdesktop replacement, that can serve as my desktop background.
My weapon of choice is TypeScript, a sword mig
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