I think Rust is a great language, but until I see a successful app ecosystem sta...

favorited on Dec 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: IBM Stops Server Side Swift Framework Development

I think Rust is a great language, but until I see a successful app ecosystem start there's no way I'd consider it for a mobile app.

I think Kenny Kerr's Rust/WinRT project is going to be great on Windows (and Kerr already proved he can accomplish this kind of project with C++/WinRT), but Rust's language model is so fundamentally different from iOS and Android's that I can't imagine it being feasible any time soon.

therockhead on Dec 17, 2019 [–]

I think it will eat into the C++ market share on mobile, which is a common strategy for larger apps that need to share business logic with native UI.