"single binary, no dependencies besides crypto" would be an advantage, "written in Rust" tells nothing, except (successfully) trying to clickbait
"single binary, no dependencies besides crypto" would be an advantage, "written in Rust" tells nothing, except (successfully) trying to clickbait
There is no lie or misleading information about rust in the title so it’s clearly not clickbait.
> There is no lie or misleading information about rust in the title so it’s clearly not clickbait.
That’s not what clickbait means at all.
That’s exactly what clickbait means:
Clickbait (also known as link bait or linkbait) is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow ("click") that link and view, read, stream or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait
It expresses the exact same thing you've just said and more with fewer words.
no, it's just clickbait.
- Rust is huge, many options, many programming styles
- typical Rust project has lots of transitive dependencies
- there is nothing in Rust that disallows using system libraries or linking to them
- it's not even true that the program is going to be mem-safe because there could still be unsafe {} either in the repo, or in any of the transitive deps. not to say that safety is broader than just mem-safety.
if you think "written in Rust" says anything, I'd argue that you might give it a try and find out yourself. I did that, and I am glad I am out. the reason why I am telling you is because I've been click-baited (into Rust) before, and it took me few years to realize all of this, and to make a move.
I've been writing Rust for over a decade. Yes, "written in rust" says something.