On 28 March 2017 at 17:59, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I just want to know the opinion of OpenBSD developpers about Rust and Go, > I already know Ted's opinion. > http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/thoughts-on-replacement-languages > > As they are both touted as memory safe, what do you think about them ?
I've written some code in both and given up on both of them. I found Rust difficult to learn, mostly because the documentation is just awful, in my opinion. The principal writer, Klabnick, knows the subject matter, but he just doesn't write well, again, in my opinion. His first attempt at a Rust "Book" is currently being re-written. He now has a co-author. I've looked at the second attempt, filed some PRs to try to help, but finally threw up my hands when I was told that something that is standard practice in C *and* is supported by their software was not "idiomatic". They use that term a lot. It's a bit like a certain political party in the US that talks about freedom a lot. Then you find out that their definition of the word is "we want you to be free to do what we want you to do". It's too bad the documentation situation is at it is, because the language and its compiler have real potential. Go is much better documented and, in general, feels more mature, more finished. But it just felt uninspired to me and I felt a sense of relief when I went back to C. C is far from perfect, but after all these years, we know its warts, the compilers are solid, it's extremely well documented (K&R, Harbison and Steele) and the libraries are ..... well, you all know. When I don't need C's performance, I use Haskell, a brilliant language and the Glasgow compiler and libraries are excellent. Hackage provides a rich assortment of additional libraries. > > Regards
