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Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020)
This post explains why Rust made sense for Discord to reimplement: how it was done, and the resulting performance improvements.
- Points
- 77
- HN comments
- 59
- Submissions
- 1
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- 29 commenters
Programming LanguagesSoftware Engineering2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2022 | Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust (2020) by hiena03 | 77 | 59 |
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