Interesting. They didn't have to admit that in the book/docs, they could act like it was "by design"/"a feature, not a bug", etc. and just jump straight to the workaround ("solution") they present. I've worked with languages/technologies in the past that do that. To me, the level of sincerity is a big plus.
I'm perfectly aware Rust is still pretty young but from what I've seen so far, I have high hopes for the future and am not going to sign it off just for being honest about its shortcomings.
Not trying to persuade you, or saying you're not right to do that. Just my point of view on this topic.
At that time I was exploring, searching for the good language for a big project for my company. We needed a good choice with high reliability because it would be put in production with customers who pay a lot of money, so the sincerity was appreciated but wasn't an option :-D
Then I guess it's good that you didn't go through with it. If for nothing else, using a new tech without enough experience is usually not a good idea for a "big project" :)
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Interesting. They didn't have to admit that in the book/docs, they could act like it was "by design"/"a feature, not a bug", etc. and just jump straight to the workaround ("solution") they present. I've worked with languages/technologies in the past that do that. To me, the level of sincerity is a big plus.
I'm perfectly aware Rust is still pretty young but from what I've seen so far, I have high hopes for the future and am not going to sign it off just for being honest about its shortcomings.
Not trying to persuade you, or saying you're not right to do that. Just my point of view on this topic.
At that time I was exploring, searching for the good language for a big project for my company. We needed a good choice with high reliability because it would be put in production with customers who pay a lot of money, so the sincerity was appreciated but wasn't an option :-D
Then I guess it's good that you didn't go through with it. If for nothing else, using a new tech without enough experience is usually not a good idea for a "big project" :)