Second step is to port all the devs from c++ to Rust. Thats not happening imo.
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Replying to @kcalvinalvinn @peterktodd and
that seems to me the easier part; most of the die-hard bitcoin core devs have at least shown interest in, or are working on projects written in it (and outside that, it seems easier to get contributors to rust projects than C++ nowadays due to FOSS community enthousiasm)
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Replying to @orionwl @peterktodd and
Thats new. What about all those old school Unix guys. Do you think all those guys will switch over?
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Replying to @kcalvinalvinn @orionwl and
I believe that sooner or later they will be economically pressured to switch. Rust is clearly a better tool for the job than C(++) for most things. The cost of developing secure fast software is lower if one uses Rust instead of C.
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Replying to @kixunil @kcalvinalvinn and
I wouldn't be so sure about the latter claim. There's more documentation about C/C++ and that reduces costs in some ways. And more entries on stack overflow! :p
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Replying to @timoncc @kcalvinalvinn and
If I didn't spend a year mostly solving memory problems, I might be doubtful...
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it's so much fun to see entire bug classes, just evaporate
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Again, what is rust soing for this? Reference counting? Garvage collection? Whatever it is, you can do it in C too.
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(Rust does not have GC)
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If I understood
@kixunil correctly, it has something that makes memory management much less error prune than C. Correct? If so, what is it? I was just speculating on what could it be.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Given that this is an official account, I’m not interested in making these kinds of judgements between languages, only pointing out facts.
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To me, it sounded more like honest attempt to understand the differences rather than trying to make judgments. That being said,
@timoncc, we explained high-level idea to you in our tweets, if you want to go deeper, read "The Book": https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
That way, you don't have to wait for our replies. :) If you don't understand something in the book, feel free to ask me!
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