Go Vs Rust for IRC bot.
reddit / irc

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Frozenpigs · 2018-06-22 13:14

I'm thinking about rewriting my IRC bot but am trying to decide
between rust and go, what are your opinions?

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TheVenetianMask · 2018-06-22 13:23

Make yourself a table of features the IRC bot is likely to use (regex,
string handling, 3rd party API consumption, databases) and check what
each language offers.

Garbage Collection isn't a worry for an irc bot so you wouldn't take
much advangage of Rust's ownership tracking.

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Adoroam · 2018-06-22 14:32

This is why I do everything with Javascript. Never have to decide.
Just use my Swiss army language. It ain't always pretty but it usually
gets the job done.

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Frozenpigs · 2018-06-22 17:39

You could say the same about literally every language, they can all do
everything with enough effort.

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Adoroam · 2018-06-22 23:49

So you wanna do a website with java? No they can't.

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0xgas · 2018-07-06 13:05

Lol yes you can. It would be a lot of effort but yes, you can.