alt Hacker NewsIt's useful, but systems programming languages shouldn't be used to create applications in the first place.
We're trying to solve a problem that shouldn't be solved. We're continuing and even confirming the usage of systems programming languages for application development.
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boomlinde • today at 5:01 PM
What are the requirements and design constraints of an application? Please give a general answer that applies to all applications.
monocasa • today at 6:13 PM
Rust is also a great language for app code. I reach for it now in places I used to use python.
tcfhgj • today at 5:14 PM
why shouldn't they? humanity consumes more resources than is sustainable, and systems languages can help to reduce resource consumption.
I don’t think this delineation is that clear, unless by “application” you mean the app tier of a 3 tier app.
Postgres and Nginx make sense in system programming languages; they’re extremely performance sensitive and that granular level of control offers them features. Interpreters are sort of the same, they interact with the OS a ton, it makes sense to work in the same language as the OS.
I do generally agree for the app tier of a web app. I wouldn’t build a CMS in Rust, but I also wouldn’t build a reverse proxy in Python.