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Ask HN: Rust, anyone?

by softwareman on 10/23/18, 7:12 AM with 2 comments

Hi Guys,

Anyone using Rust in production supporting millions of users?

Also, have you found any blocker issues with the language?

  • by davidhyde on 10/23/18, 7:57 PM

    Firefox is written in rust, millions of users indeed. But to answer your question, no, I wish I could deploy something written in rust to production. I don’t think there is a problem with the language, just a risk of not being able to find developers to support it. I think a lot of companies are on the sidelines about it still. Given that it’s a difficult language to learn there may be some fear in that area about its future.

  • by pornel on 10/23/18, 9:00 PM

    Cloudflare uses it in prod: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17077358

    Here's a list of companies: https://www.rust-lang.org/friends.html