Which is better, Rust or Go? Which language should you choose for your next project, and why? How do the two compare in areas like performance, simpli

Rust vs Go in 2024 — Bitfield Consulting

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Which is better, Rust or Go? Which language should you choose for your next project, and why? How do the two compare in areas like performance, simplicity, safety, features, scale, and concurrency? What do they have in common, and where do they fundamentally differ? Let’s find out, in this friendly and even-handed comparison of Rust and Golang.

As it happens, I teach (and write about) both Go and Rust professionally, and I’m also a keen user of both languages, which I suspect makes me something of an outlier: I’ve got a foot in both camps! Since there can be a fair amount of perfectly understandable tribal feeling about one’s favourite programming language, maybe it’ll be helpful to get a new perspective, from someone who loves both Rust and Go. Here’s why.

First, it’s really important to say that both Go and Rust are absolutely excellent programming languages. They’re modern, powerful, widely-adopted, and offer excellent performance.