[Rotareti]

> That code looks awful, sorry but rust syntax is horrible.

Compared to what? Compared to Python, JS, Go, etc, yes, those are different tools for projects with different requirements, that allow for a leaner syntax. Compared to other languages of it's category (non garbage collected, manual memory management), Rust looks alright, IMHO.

[2trill2spill]

Which is why those languages should be used for microservices, not Rust. The majority of web apps and microservice projects don't need the fine grain control of Rust. Rust is for replacing C and C++, would you write your microservice in C or C++? The way Mozilla or the Redox project is using Rust is a great example of where Rust should be used. In kernels, parsers, JITS and other low level libraries. I'm not saying you can't write a microservice in Rust but your going to be much more productive using a language like go, node, python, java, etc.

[Rotareti]

> Which is why those languages should be used for microservices, not Rust.

I think generalizations such as this one don't make much sense. But I agree with the rest of what you say.

[always_good]

You're starting to tell people what they "should" do and it's starting to smell of sour grapes because you didn't particularly like Rust nor achieved a productive level of familiarity. Which makes you a poor candidate for evaluating the strengths/weaknesses of Rust beyond your tastes.

Like someone hijacking Haskell discussion because they didn't grasp functional programming and don't see how anyone else could.

I'm writing most of my new code in Rust that I would've written in Node or Go. Sometimes it makes more sense to use something else. So what?

Maybe it's time to leave the theater so others can enjoy the show. Your "me no likey" posts have kinda overstayed their welcome without advancing the discussion.

[2trill2spill]

> You're starting to tell people what they "should" do and it's starting to smell of sour grapes because you didn't particularly like Rust nor achieved a productive level of familiarity. Which makes you a poor candidate for evaluating the strengths/weaknesses of Rust beyond your tastes.

I wrote a working Macho-o Parser in rust and I plan on continuing the symbolic execution engine I started in rust, so I'm not a complete beginner to rust. Also there is such a thing as the best tool for the job. And for web services I don't think rust is that tool of choice.

> Like someone hijacking Haskell discussion because they didn't grasp functional programming and don't see how anyone else could.

I understand why rust exist and it makes sense, a safe low level systems programing language. What I don't get is why one would use rust for the vast majority of microservices. There are easier more productive tools available.

> I'm writing most of my new code in Rust that I would've written in Node or Go. Sometimes it makes more sense to use something else. So what?

So you acknowledge that there are better tools for building microservices but your defense for using rust is "so what"? I mean that's fine for personal projects but when your putting things in production you should be using the best tools available.

> Maybe it's time to leave the theater so others can enjoy the show. Your "me no likey" posts have kinda overstayed their welcome without advancing the discussion.

Lol, so only positive opinions of rust are allowed here? But seriously, steveklabnik responded to one of my post with so much useful and awesome information that your, I need to leave post is ridiculous.

[pjmlp]

I am with you there, like Rust, but in what concerns microservices I would always pick a GC language with JIT/AOT.

The language is a tiny piece of the end-to-end development experience.

Now, for playing around on a ESP32? C++ or Rust (when available).