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by sneilan1 706 days ago
It took me about a year to build all of this stuff in C++. So I imagine since I've had to learn rust, it will probably take me the same amount of time if I can save time with dependencies.
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fooker 706 days ago
In my experience, once you know the problem really well, yes you're right.

If you are building a complex prototype from scratch, you'll usually spend more time fighting the Rust compiler than trying out alternate design decisions.

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sneilan1 706 days ago
I do know the problem domain well. My second iteration in rust already almost has an order book implemented.

Writing code in rust however is very fun! (At least so far lol)

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bb88 706 days ago
Better than C++? Have you experienced any problems in Rust that C++ instantly solved? Not because I'm pro/anti rust/C++ here, just curious.
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fooker 706 days ago
Writing Rust is fun in the sense that solving a puzzle is fun.

Great when that's what you set out to do (rewrite it in Rust^TM) can get annoying otherwise (solving/researching a problem).

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