@glyph @hynek @sethmlarson @freakboy3742 @jacob @sgillies
> Even in the best case, Rust is more expensive and difficult to maintain,
Given someone with similar level of proficiency in both (which is maybe the main/only point you’re arguing), in my (relatively extensive with both) experience Rust will be easier specifically to maintain/grow than Python.
@djc @hynek @sethmlarson @freakboy3742 @jacob @sgillies I have very little practical experience with rust, and generally see it as “C++, but good” so this is counterintuitive! Why do you way so?
@glyph @djc @hynek @sethmlarson @freakboy3742 @jacob @sgillies In general I find (to me unknown) Rust code significantly easier to maintain equivalent Python code for the following reasons: a) standardized tooling for tests/lints/fmt b) generally much higher test coverage c) very strong type system that catches errors early d) less guessing due to immutability everywhere.
