Critical Analysis of Rust Programming Language's Practical Limitations
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Summary
The article presents a critical perspective on the Rust programming language, arguing that despite its popularity and fan following, it fails to deliver on key expectations. The author acknowledges previously hating Rust partly as a reaction to its fanboyism, but outlines substantive criticisms including extremely slow compilation times (slower than C++), excessive complexity, and the language not being the 'better programming language' many were hoping for. The piece contrasts Rust's survey popularity with practical implementation issues that hinder developer productivity.
Key quotes
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Lots of people were waiting for a better programming language, but got Rust instead.
Its compilation is slow. I mean SLOW. Slower than C++. I know over years Rust became several times faster, but objectively we need it to be two orders of magnitude faster, not just two times.
It's complex. Just as co
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