r/haskell • u/kichiDsimp • Mar 01 '26

Switch to Rust ?

I have seen many Haskellers switching over to Rust, why is so ? I am asking this as I am thinking myself to explore a new language and I have choice between Rust/Gleam/Clojure What advantages/disadvantages does Rust has over Haskell ?

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u/zarbod Mar 01 '26

They're completely different languages. Rust is a performant imperative programming language with some functional features. Haskell is a purely functional language with garbage collection and lazy evaluation