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Rust is Software's Salvation

After the post by Steve Klabnik, "Rust is more than safety", and a reply by Graydon Hoare, "Rust is mostly safety" - I thought it wise to throw my opinion into the mix, whether warranted or not. This is going to be a long article, which I hope raises some points that will be interesting to you.

Experience with Rust

First, I would like to clarify my experience with Rust. I first discovered Rust through reddit, in late 2014, version 0.11. What stood out to me immediately was a different focus on software - a focus on being the best language possible.

What I found in Rust was a language that was:

Better safety than Ada

	/*

	Production = production_name "=" [ Expression ] "." .
	Expression = Alternative { "\|" Alternative } .
	Alternative = Term { Term } .
	Term = production_name \| token [ "…" token ] \| Group \| Option \| Repetition .
	Group = "(" Expression ")" .
	Option = "[" Expression "]" .
	Repetition = "{" Expression "}" .

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include "bgfx/bgfx.h"
	#include "bgfx/platform.h"
	#include "bx/math.h"
	#include "GLFW/glfw3.h"
	#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WIN32
	#include "GLFW/glfw3native.h"

	#define WNDW_WIDTH 1600
	#define WNDW_HEIGHT 900

	/*******************************************************************************************
	*
	* raylib - sample game: space invaders
	*
	* Based on Sample game developed by Ian Eito, Albert Martos and Ramon Santamaria
	* Modifed by Monster Brain (monsterbraininc.com) - 2018
	*
	* This game has been created using raylib v1.3 (www.raylib.com)
	* raylib is licensed under an unmodified zlib/libpng license (View raylib.h for details)
	*

	import argparse # To read the word we want to parse from stdin

	# An error we will throw when a parse error occurs
	class ParseError(Exception):
	pass

	# The meat and potatoes
	class Parser():

	def __init__(self, string):

	#include <algorithm>
	#include <cassert>
	#include <cstring>
	#include <iostream>
	#include <memory>
	#include <vector>

	#if defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_WIN32_KHR)
	#elif defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR)
	#elif defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_WAYLAND_KHR)

	jit-toy: jit-toy.cpp
	clang++ -g -o $@ $^ $(shell /usr/lib/llvm-5.0/bin/llvm-config --cxxflags --ldflags --system-libs --libs core)

	[package]
	name = "snake_game"
	version = "0.1.0"
	authors = ["youcodethings <[email protected]>"]

	[dependencies]
	piston = "0.36.0"
	piston2d-graphics = "0.26.0"
	pistoncore-glutin_window = "0.45.0"
	piston2d-opengl_graphics = "0.52.0"

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <string.h>

	enum jstates {JFAILED, JNXT, JSEP, JUP, JDWN, JQUP, JQDWN, JESC, JUNESC, JBARE, JUNBARE, JUTF8_2,
	JUTF8_3, JUTF8_4, JUTF8_N, JSTATE_CNT};
	enum jtype {JEOS,JERR,JTSEP,JOBJB,JOBJE,JARRB,JARRE,JNUM,JSTR,JTRUE,JFALSE,JNULL};
	struct jtok {int type, len; const char *str;};
	struct jctx {const unsigned char tbl; const char cur, *end;};

	static const unsigned char jtbl[256] = {

	# QEmu
	brew install qemu

	# Home for out tests
	mkdir ~/arm-emu
	cd ~/arm-emu

	# Download initrd and kernel
	wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz