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What do people love about Rust? (blog.rust-lang.org)

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[–] 5C5C5C@programming.dev 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly yes. If I need to manipulate the filesystem or manage processes with any amount of conditional logic or looping, I'd much rather do it with Rust than shell scripts.

The only thing I use shell scripts for anymore is completely trivial sequences of commands.

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

As someone who uses a lot of shell scripts and learning Rust, do tell more.