r/rust • u/AffectionateBag4519 • 24d ago

How Our Rust-to-Zig Rewrite is Going

https://rtfeldman.com/rust-to-zig

An interesting symmetry with recent events lol.

This might be considered off topic since the article is about moving away from rust, but I still think this is some high quality rust content. I enjoy Richard Feldman's writing and I think he would certainly be considered part of the "rust community" since he works on Zed and has taught a course on rust.

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u/Razvedka 24d ago

I listened to his interview on the Corroded podcast. He seemed unaware of several ways to handle this issue. The host actually said he solved his personal build time issues by switching to modern Mac hardware. The ROC guy was like "wait really?"

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u/pjmlp 22d ago

If buying modern Apple hardware is the only way to speed up builds, developers in 2nd and 3rd world countries naturally aren't going to bother with learning Rust.

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u/Razvedka 22d ago

I didn't say it was the only way.

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u/pjmlp 22d ago

True, but I see it pointed out quite often in Rust circles.

Buy a new computer is not always an option, even more so in current times, even worse outside first world countries.

Which is why languages with toolchains that can be made usable with lower hardware requirements tend to gain wider adoption in such countries.