But that power comes at a cost: the Rust learning curve is steep. “It does take some up-front time,” says Carol Nichols, a member of the Rust core team and founder of the consultancy firm ...

The Rust compiler front end can now use fine-grained parallelism to significantly reduce compile times. Currently experimental, the parallel front end is due in a stable compiler in 2024.

The biggest worries for the future of Rust among users are too much complexity and too little usage in the tech industry, the 2023 State of Rust Survey finds. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...