IT World CupJan 26

#ITWorldCup Greetings, programs 💾
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 threadfcalvaJan 26
@itworldcup Voting for the least evil here
Show threadXeniacJan 26
@fcalva @itworldcup Both are the least evil. 😇
Show threadfcalvaJan 26
@xeniac @itworldcup
Python :
- Terrible syntax
- Whitespace significance
- Slow af
- Dependency management is a mess
- No orthogonality, overall very inconsistent
Rust :
- Cargo is NPM but worse because you need to compile everything
- Since it's 1st party everyone pulls in a gorillion cargo dependencies
- Compiling is slow af
- Only solves a very particular set of issues that are basically gone with modern C++ already
- At the cost of making everything non-trivial overcomplicated
Show threaddoomy 🦀
@fcalva @xeniac @itworldcup lol
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