> You see a lot of people holding up Rust precisely because we've been there for the last 5/10/15/20 years. The day I don't have to write a makefile or build yet another CMakeLists.txt is the day I rejoice.
Ironically, cargo is one of the areas the rust ecosystem falls down completely. Not to mention, there's no ABI...
> What Rust offers is another option in the native, non-GC'd language space.
True, and while this is great in principle for embedded development, not using a GC is overrated.
> Rust gives you the option of dropping down to that level
Well, if you're not dealing with the linker, you're not at "that level"
Ironically, cargo is one of the areas the rust ecosystem falls down completely. Not to mention, there's no ABI...
> What Rust offers is another option in the native, non-GC'd language space.
True, and while this is great in principle for embedded development, not using a GC is overrated.
> Rust gives you the option of dropping down to that level
Well, if you're not dealing with the linker, you're not at "that level"