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Rust is Eating JavaScript (leerob.com)
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[โ€“] qaz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I usually pick Rust for CLI tools because:

  1. It's statically compiled and isn't dependent on system binaries and won't break if there if the system has the wrong version like C/C++, allowing you to distribute it as a single binary without any other installation steps
  2. Still produces fairly small binaries unlike languages like Java or C# (because of the VM)
  3. Is a modern language with a good build system (It's like night and day compared to CMake)
  4. And I just like how the language works (errors as values etc.)
[โ€“] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 points 3 weeks ago
  1. It's statically compiled and isn't dependent on system binaries and won't break if there if the system has the wrong version like C/C++, allowing you to distribute it as a single binary without any other installation steps

You can do that with C++ too.

  1. Still produces fairly small binaries unlike languages like Java or C# (because of the VM)

I mean, the jars are actually pretty small; but also I really don't get the storage argument. I mean we live in a world where people happily download a 600 MB discord client.

  1. Is a modern language with a good build system (It's like night and day compared to CMake)

Meson exists ... as do others.

  1. And I just like how the language works (errors as values etc.)

Fair enough; though why? What's wrong with exceptions?

I work in a code base where I can't use exceptions because certain customers can't use exceptions, and I regularly wish I could because errors as values is so tedious.