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by twp 1239 days ago
Rust is fantastic for writing robust, secure, high-performance software. Rust is definitely a much, much better C++ in almost every respect. No doubt there.

However, for many problems, the sweet spot of a good-enough static type system and garbage collector - effectively a better Python - is a better fit.

This article explains things well, IMHO: https://mdwdotla.medium.com/using-rust-at-a-startup-a-cautio...