@lupyuen In my experience, 90% of mobile app code is glue, and 99% of the time the app isn't so mission critical that the occasional crash is unaffordable. So I'm thinking why I would want to use a language like Rust for app development... I'd seriously rather use JavaScript.

The most joy I ever had building a sort of app was using Node on the server and Vue on the client to build a small web app.

Followed by Java on Android and then ObjC on iOS. Haven't tried Kotlin or Swift, but there's few things I truly miss in Java. Not sure if I'd even like null safety, need to try it some time.

@socjuswiz @lupyuen we shouldn't have to make this fucking decision, it's a bullshit dichotomy.

@Sophistifunk @lupyuen What decision do you mean exactly? Safety against crashes vs. convenience during development? If that's what you mean then I think there is a real dichotomy because to assure crashes can't happen the language needs to constrict you.
@socjuswiz Perhaps many people cannot code without auto-complete in an IDE?

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