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Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022

Found on 27 June 2023

Lars Bergstrom at Google Open Source Blog: Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google’s Rust journey in 2022

tl;dr:

  • Rumor 1: Rust takes more than 6 months to learn – Debunked!
  • Rumor 2: The Rust compiler is not as fast as people would like – Confirmed!
  • Rumor 3: Unsafe code and interop are always the biggest challenges – Debunked!
  • Rumor 4: Rust has amazing compiler error messages – Confirmed!
  • Rumor 5: Rust code is high quality – Confirmed!

These largely match my own experience.

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