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Why you shouldn’t use Rust
Welcome back! Rust is an awesome programming language, it can help build a lot of different projects, but this language isn’t perfect, so let’s talk about why you shouldn’t use Rust. Now, I did make the exact opposite of this article, I wrote about why I think Rust is the best programming language below:
Now, let’s see why you shouldn’t use Rust.
Newer Language, Less Development
Rust was just created about 11 years ago (in 2010), that is a fairly new language compared to Python and Java, why is this a con? Well, when a language is as new as Rust, this could mean there isn’t really a massive amount of people using this language (compared to languages like Python, Java, etc.), why is this an issue? It’s not necessarily a problem, it just means that theres less development happening with this language, this means less packages, projects, and possibly less community compared to other languages.
Not a Ton Of Job Openings
Another big downside of this language is the lack of jobs, this somewhat ties in with the previous statement as well. Here’s the thing, when a language is new/growing it’s community, this can cause some issues with the job sector of that language, if you want to find a programming language that has a ton of jobs surrounding it right now, this is probably not the best language for that.
Compiling Times
Another common criticism of Rust is the compilation time, what is compilation time? Since Rust is a…
