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    1. picked rust for a recent compiler project because it gave me, in this order: 1. robust cross platform build system 2. good package ecosystem + manager that works 3. algebraic data types
  1. …in reply to @ra
    the project had no meaningful performance needs. early versions were literally written in python. we moved away from it because package management and cross platform deployment in python is intractable and somehow seems to only get worse with time. cargo is a dream in comparison
    1. …in reply to @ra
      so sort of by accident we ended up writing a *horrifyingly fast* compiler lol