I clearly remember sighing deeply back in 2002 realizing I have to introduce yet another array type so my code could compile in Object Pascal. And this is just one example of many.
Rust is objectively better than what I tried before, in several ways.
From where I was standing several years ago, there was almost zero "human factor" in adopting Rust for many companies (and devs). People simply saw the better features, performance and security and got excited and wanted to work with that language. And then many mistook that for hype. Yourself included apparently?
Sometimes things get popular just because they are good, you know. Not super often historically, mind you, but it does happen. IME Rust is one of these outliers.
Who do you think does most of the work in LLVM for example?
It is full of PhD paper contributions.
For example, research students doing internships at Embecosm (https://embecosm.com), as many others, plenty of material from LLVM Developers Meeting sessions.
I guess this is due to the tag line of the company. I am not familiar with the compiler/LLVM space so unsure how the different branches (compiler maintenance and AI tool infrastructure for example) are covered by the PHD internships, etc.
Rust is objectively better than what I tried before, in several ways.
From where I was standing several years ago, there was almost zero "human factor" in adopting Rust for many companies (and devs). People simply saw the better features, performance and security and got excited and wanted to work with that language. And then many mistook that for hype. Yourself included apparently?
Sometimes things get popular just because they are good, you know. Not super often historically, mind you, but it does happen. IME Rust is one of these outliers.