A Look at the Bad Parts of Rust!
It is so easy to focus on the GOOD but sometimes we must also focus on the BAD!
Diego Pacheco has written an article called The dark side of Rust Language.
It gives insight into the BENEFITS of Rust but it also talks about the NEGATIVES of Rust.
One negative is the string situation, of which Diego identifies 6 string types and the DIFFICULTIES that so many string types can bring!
While SIX string types seems so UNNECESSARY there maybe is a good explanation for it.
Diego also writes of how some Rust libraries are immature and do not always have good documentation, but I do think that this is a problem that affects EVERY programming language to some degree!
The CHALLENGING nature of ownership is also described as a negative.
What this article reminds me is that Rust has TRADEOFFS.
Some parts of Rust are SO GOOD, but there are some parts of Rust that are BAD too.
With the GOOD comes the BAD!
I must not forget that Rust has TRADEOFFS.