[HN Gopher] Why scientists are turning to Rust ___________________________________________________________________ Why scientists are turning to Rust Author : yagizdegirmenci Score : 21 points Date : 2020-12-01 22:16 UTC (43 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.nature.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nature.com) | triska wrote: | Rust is a very compelling environment, also due to the features | noted in the article: | | _"Unlike the many compilers and ancillary utilities that | programmers use to build C code, Rustaceans can use a single | tool, called Cargo, to compile Rust code, run tests, auto- | generate documentation, upload a package to a repository and | more. It also downloads and installs third-party packages | automatically."_ | | Fetching required packages in this way is very convenient, | something one notices rather soon when writing Rust applications! | There are already many dedicated packages also for highly | specialized applications, and with cargo it is easy to use them | immediately. | | Another great attraction of Rust is also mentioned in the | article: | | _"It's because the community is so fantastic."_ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-01 23:00 UTC)