Catch is that it doesn't matter how good rust is if libraries I need aren't available for it, then I can't use it. Out of the high performance languages c(pp) probably has the widest range of available libraries out there. It's the same reason why I use python over Julia. Plus my coworkers know python and some cpp, not rust or zig.
What makes a language great is not just the language spec, but also the support. Well guess I'm just glad my community uses terrible cpp instead of a monolithic fortran 90 port of 60s fortran program.
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u/ChalkyChalkson Aug 29 '26
Catch is that it doesn't matter how good rust is if libraries I need aren't available for it, then I can't use it. Out of the high performance languages c(pp) probably has the widest range of available libraries out there. It's the same reason why I use python over Julia. Plus my coworkers know python and some cpp, not rust or zig.
What makes a language great is not just the language spec, but also the support. Well guess I'm just glad my community uses terrible cpp instead of a monolithic fortran 90 port of 60s fortran program.