Rust vs. Go 2025

by mafro on 5/8/2025, 11:21:28 AM with 3 comments

  • by rstuart4133 on 5/9/2025, 12:22:46 AM

    I grimaced when I read this headline in the article:

    > Fast, compact executables

    They may be fast, but since both languages push you towards static linking neither yield compact executables.

        $ ls -l c-hello nm-hello
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 akips  wheel    5000 May  9 10:19 c-hello
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  526296 May  2 11:15 nm-hello
    $
    With Go (I think) this is just a tool chain choice. In Rust, monomorphization means the language is more of less wedded to large executables.

  • by skwee357 on 5/8/2025, 11:33:02 AM

    I really tried to love Go. But I guess it’s too verbose for my liking. Not having modern paradigms like iterators, or basic data structures — is a bummer, especially in web related development.

    On top of that, the pollution of ‘if err != nil’ everything, makes the code unreadable.

    Rust, on the other hand, is adorable, and I enjoy it every time I get a chance to write in it.