Thoughts about Rust in 2017

Recently Steve Klabnik called out to summarize why Rust is actually awesome to work with. I do love Rust and plan to use it next year for……

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Rust procedural macros vs. GCC plugins

Much of my work recently has been in Rust. I’ve known about Rust since its early days but I’ve never had the inclination to sit down and work with it until now. In many respects, I feel like I’m working in a functional programming language given the wide-... (more…)

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Safety is Rust’s Fireflower

Steve is concerned that an overfocus on safety might sell Rust short. At its least compelling, safety turns into a PSA for you to "eat your vegetables." And he makes a good point that for people who have only worked with safe languages, it's a bit like se...

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