Radar · Rust · Archive · Week 52 · Dec 22 – 28, 2025
What do people love about Rust?
Nice to knowtooling
- What changed
- A blog post surveyed what users appreciate about Rust.
- Production impact
- The source does not say.
- Try it
- Read the post to learn community sentiment.
- Source
- blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/19/what-do-people-love-about-rust/
Understand it, then run it
People say they love Rust because it feels safe and fast. When a program compiles, most of the time it runs correctly, so developers can sleep better. They also appreciate that Rust can be used for everything from tiny micro‑controllers to huge web services. The tooling—cargo, the compiler’s helpful error messages, and the rich crate ecosystem—makes getting started quick and painless.
Run it now
// This program demonstrates the reliability and tooling praise that people
// mention in the blog post. It compiles, runs, and prints a message
// confirming that Rust’s compiler and Cargo work together smoothly.
fn main() {
// A simple function that returns a string slice.
fn greeting() -> &'static str {
"Hello, Rust lovers!"
}
// Use the function and print the result.
println!("{}", greeting());
}
What it printed when we ran it on Rust 1.98.1 (edition 2024)
Hello, Rust lovers!
Run sends this program (for Solidity, the contract and its tests) to our own sandbox, where it is compiled and run once, with no network, and what it printed or the test report comes back here. Nothing is kept. Runs are counted per visitor for the day so everyone gets a turn; the details are on the legal page.
Written by gpt-oss-20b from the linked source · claims checked against the sources · archive, not individually reviewed