twtxt.net brasshopper@ "@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @prologic@twtxt.net IIRC, the story around rust async was a good example of letting things mature in libraries. They add ..."

Wed, Sep 15 04:58 2021 (2y ago)

↳ In-reply-to » 🦀 “How do you do $foo in Rust?” – “Use this create: …” That’s another symptom of the language being very young. Well, or maybe I’m just spoiled by Python and its very extensive standard library. 🤔 Still, I’m not too happy with pulling in tons of dependencies that all have versions like “0.4.0”.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @movq @prologic@twtxt.net IIRC, the story around rust async was a good example of letting things mature in libraries. They added macros for the keywords but then delegated the implementations to the ecosystem and then formalized stuff with proper language keywords and interfaces when stuff settled. I believe C++ has a similar model in that stuff tends to bake in boost before entering into the standard library.

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