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Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust

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lolakutty · 1790339946 · focus · HN ↗
Why bother with rust when you can write it in C and ask an LLM to weed out the memory bugs?
1. huijzer · 1790340449 · focus · HN ↗
  If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server CPU anyway, why not write machine code?
  I personally like Rust for web applications a lot because you can catch many bugs at compile time instead of during tests or runtime.
  1. lolakutty · 1790340754 · focus · HN ↗
    >If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server arch anyway, why not write machine code?
    Nah, C is good enough for me.
    > catch many bugs at compile time...
    Rust borrow checker is too dumb that you catch many non-bugs as well...I don't like that.
    Mmm..LLMs also generates false positives. But at least you can reason with it...

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