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| | thefuntastic.com
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| | Rust, not related to the video game also called Rust, is a promising systems programming language with novel features ideally suited for game development. Exposure and awareness within the game developer community, however, remains limited. In this post, I provide a gentle introduction to Rust and attempt to justify its place on your radar.
| | www.smashcompany.com
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| | [AI summary] The essay explores the broader implications of containerization technologies like Docker, comparing them to past programming paradigms such as object-oriented programming (OOP). It argues that while Docker and similar tools offer flexibility and modernization, they also introduce complexity and may become overhyped, much like OOP did in the past. The author suggests that the tech industry should be cautious about adopting new paradigms without fully understanding their long-term consequences. The piece also touches on the potential for future simplifications, such as separating compute from other aspects of computing, and references historical and theoretical frameworks like RINA to suggest alternative approaches.
| | readrust.net
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| | Read Rust collects and categorises interesting posts related to the Rust programming language. This page lists posts in the Performance category.
| | huonw.github.io
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| Exploring Rust's escape hatch for writing low-level code that the powerful type system of Rust cannot guarantee to be safe.