[senderista]

I (mostly) love Rust, but the fact is that it makes lots of easy things hard. Most software should be written in a GC language. Even Java or Go are a better choice for most “backend” development, despite the fact that from a PL design standpoint they’re vastly inferior to Rust.

[justwalt]

Why do you think that most modern software should be written in a GC language?

[sweeneyrod]

Would you consider using a non-GC language that isn't Rust outside the various domains where C/C++ is the only realistic (non-Rust) choice?

[senderista]

Deterministic memory deallocation makes it harder to reason about not just “easy” code, but also linked structures and lock-free algorithms (actually it is a substantial implementation obstacle for the latter). It must offset these costs by providing predictable latency or low memory footprint. Most applications don’t require either.