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What to learn next, Swift or Rust (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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I’ve been programming for decades, though usually for myself, not as a profession. My current go-to language is Python, but I’m thinking of learning either Swift (I’m currently on the Apple ecosystem), or Rust. Which one do you think will be the best in terms of machine learning support in a couple of years and how easy is it to build MacOS/ iOS apps on Rust?

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[–] dartos@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think rust is good for learning some low level concepts, especially coming from python.

I don’t think Python is going anywhere in the ML space though.

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agree. I'm kinda looking for marketable skills though and I feel Python may be becoming saturated.

[–] dartos@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A programming language itself isn’t a marketable skill!

Learn the underlying concepts of programming and how computers work and you’ll be able to move from language/framework to pretty much any language/framework easily.

[–] Von_Broheim@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Language absolutely is a marketable skill because most companies are looking to hire someone who can start working day one not someone they'll have to train for weeks or even months in a new language that heavily relies on some specific framework.