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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust

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517 points bkolobara | 5 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.94s | source
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pjmlp ◴[27 Aug 25 16:41 UTC] No.45041965[source]▶
Most of these productivity gains are achievable in any Standard ML influenced type system.
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bryanlarsen ◴[27 Aug 25 16:49 UTC] No.45042039[source]▶
The main difference between Rust and other languages with a Standard ML influenced type system is that Rust has features that can let you get executive sign off for switching languages.
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binary132 ◴[27 Aug 25 16:57 UTC] No.45042133[source]▶
what is the main advantage of Rust over OCaml for most applications in this respect?
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1. maleldil ◴[27 Aug 25 23:35 UTC] No.45046599[source]▶
Ecosystem. It's much easier to find libraries for Rust.
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2. pjmlp ◴[28 Aug 25 06:01 UTC] No.45048934[source]▶
opam has plenty of libraries, we should not mix quantity with quality.

Also we don't need leftpad like libraries, which is the direction Rust seems to be going when I try some some basic application that has like 50 crate dependencies.

3. binary132 ◴[29 Aug 25 12:18 UTC] No.45063104[source]▶
Rust is very difficult for most people, so do you think that this advantage outweighs that disadvantage? Is that really the only meaningful advantage if you’re not writing a driver or internet-facing compressor at scale?
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4. maleldil ◴[29 Aug 25 22:41 UTC] No.45070234[source]▶
You're greatly overrating how difficult Rust is. The wealth of high-quality software being written in it shows many people think it's worth the effort.
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5. binary132 ◴[30 Aug 25 17:12 UTC] No.45076277{3}[source]▶
most people can barely stumble their way through a one and done Python script