[GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

[Jamon Camisso]

On 2017-12-10 06:28 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
> So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust
> programming language'.
> 
> Wikipedia (which can often be useful if not always totally accurate)
> listed it as:
> 
>  " . . . a systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla Research,
> which describes it as a "safe, concurrent, practical language,"
> supporting functional and imperative-procedural paradigms. Rust is
> syntactically similar to C++, but its designers intend it to provide
> better memory safety while maintaining performance."
> 
> OK - - - sponsored by Mozilla (AIUI that sort means that its their baby)
> and its to '. . . provide better memory safety . . ." .
> Well given how Mozilla products work for me - - - they don't really know
> anything about how to use memory. The only way I can keep using FF is to
> kill it every couple three days and then restart it. Somehow that isn't
> my idea of memory usage done well so if that's Rust - - - well then
> that's a total non-starter for me!

I think you'll be surprised at how well the latest Firefox 57 performs.
It's their first release featuring core browser components written in Rust.

Fast and stable for me. Give it a try and see if your characterization
above still holds.

Cheers, Jamon