• Metype @lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There’s a project I could have written in Rust. Maybe some of the headache wouldn’t have ever happened using Rust.

    I also didn’t know Rust at the time and it was a large project with unkind deadlines. I think the right tool for the job can also depend on available resources. So while the more unsafe, older tool I used caused a few small issues that Rust would not have; the project wouldn’t have been finished if I’d used Rust.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, projects also exist in the real world and practical considerations matter.

      The legacy C/C++ code base might slowly and strategically have components refactored into rust, or you might leave it.

      The C/C++ team might be interested in trying Rust, but have to code urgent projects in C/C++.

      In the same way that if you have a perfectly good felling axe and someone just invented the chain saw, you’re better off felling that tree with your axe than going into town, buying a chainsaw and figuring out how to use it. The axe isn’t really the right tool for the job anymore, but it still works.