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Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022

opensource.googleblog.com Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022

Wondering about Rust? We're addressing rumors and providing insight gained from years of early adoption of Rust here at Google.

Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022

Rust adoption at Google:

over 1,000 Google developers ... have authored and committed Rust code as some part of their work in 2022

The learning curve might not be as steep as often said:

More than 2/3 of respondents are confident in contributing to a Rust codebase within two months or less when learning Rust. Further, a third of respondents become as productive using Rust as other languages in two months or less

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