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by LeFantome 1511 days ago
There is no right answer. Too much core functionality defined by the community can be confusing and lead to mixed quality. As a newbie, how do I even know what the “rust SDK” even looks like and what parts are better than others.

A large official language SDK has its own downsides too though. For my money, the .NET base class library is the best “batteries included” platform out there. It has certainly had its mis-steps over the years though. How many projects that went all-in on the original ASP.NET ( now called Webforms ) are now totally stranded on a technology island that the broad .NET community is racing away from? How about the graveyard of UI frameworks for .NET? WCF? Using the “official” solutions did not help guarantee any longevity for these technologies ( though they are mostly still “supported” ).

It is hard really to say that one approach is superior. The Rust tool chain at least makes the distributes solution easier. For some stuff at least. The lack of a baked in library might make things like use in the Linux kernel harder in some ways.