Comparison of Rust to Julia for scientific computing?

dlfivefifty
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:47:18 +0000
Offtopic

I had some students come ask me about implementing material from my numerical analysis course (which used Julia) in part of their Rust student group. I’m not an expert, but my feeling is that Rust is a “safer” language, which to me means it must be slower. That is, Rust is designed for “systems” where safety is more important than speed. Also, I believe the landscape for scientific computing packages in Rust is no where as developed as compared to Julia.

Anyone with more experience with Rust know if my intuition is correct? I’d hate to be unnecessarily discouraging to students trying to be proactive.

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