IT World CupJan 26

#ITWorldCup Greetings, programs πŸ’Ύ
I've got the honor to present you the match you all have been waiting for: The final of the 2025* Programming Languages World Cup:
#python vs. #rustlang

*yes, yes I know, but we started in 2025. Will start the next one earlier, so it doesn't get confusing again.

Python
50.1%
Rust
49.9%
Poll ended at .
Show threadchrysnJan 26
@itworldcup Can I vote for them to be tied? They're just a dream team.
Show thread𝑀𝒢𝓀𝑒𝔸𝕧𝕠π•ͺπŸ¦€
@chrysn @itworldcup
As someone who spent a couple years trying to make Rust and Lua work, I beg to defer πŸ¦€πŸŒ™
Jan 26 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadchrysnJan 26
@Makeavoy Right: if the tooling is even half as decent as that for πŸ¦€πŸ is (and maybe it's even rivaling it), that should work quite nicely as well.
Show thread𝑀𝒢𝓀𝑒𝔸𝕧𝕠π•ͺπŸ¦€Jan 26
@chrysn mlua was the go-to but it's just a c wrapper for PUC Lua, Luau, or LuaJIT. Piccolo is new, it's by the original mlua dev. I also like to plug my own slop silt-lua 😁 but honestly just use Piccolo
Show threadClaudius LinkJan 27

@chrysn @Makeavoy
Sorry. Dummy question
What is the πŸ¦€ referring to?

Ok ok, found it

TIL: it is Ferris the Crab, the unofficial mascot of the Rust programming language.