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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust

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517 points bkolobara | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.596s | source
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BinaryIgor ◴[27 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.45042483[source]▶
Don't most of the benefits just come down to using a statically typed and thus compiled language? Be it Java, Go or C++; TypeScript is trickier, because it compiles to JavaScript and inherits some issues, but it's still fine.

I know that Rust provides some additional compile-time checks because of its stricter type system, but it doesn't come for free - it's harder to learn and arguably to read

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adamnemecek ◴[27 Aug 25 20:11 UTC] No.45044559[source]▶
Rust is way more productive than any of the listed languages.
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1. gf000 ◴[28 Aug 25 15:42 UTC] No.45053605[source]▶
Extraordinary claims require.. at least some kind of evidence.

There is very little research comparing PL productivity, because it is very hard to do them properly.

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2. adamnemecek ◴[28 Aug 25 22:19 UTC] No.45057691[source]▶
Try it.