I’m currently suffering a dilemma and I’m considering using Odin over Rust.
I was hoping for friendly and positively constructive assessments of which language and why from anyone who wishes to answer?
To be honest, I never heard of it, and it is interesting, but the language isn’t the only factor, it’s the ecosystem as well. It says it’s an alternative to C, so I will just assume it can consume C libraries. But that still leaves you with using C libraries, which is not a great position to be in if you are looking to not use C.
If you are looking for something that is actually in use, but not rust, look into Zig. Still would need to use a lot of C libraries, but it at least looks like it has momentum. Not to mention they seek to completely replace libc, which would actually be useful and an achievement, since that is the biggest problem C actually has.
I am a rust fan myself, but if you are new to programming it’s not a great place to start due to its’ learning cliff.
I love me some C, not C++ just C++. That isn’t to say C++ is a bad language, i just prefer the vanilla experience. I picked Rust for it’s expressive syntax and ergonomic approach to programming, also ofc the safety and the fact as a solo dev i cannot afford a quality assurance team to review my code.
I’m familiar and good at Rust. I know the syntax and can read and write it with easy but, there as some instances where Rust can be a pain. For instance quick prototyping. Rust can sometimes feel like i’m working on Rust not my engine.
Hence the Odin idea. I like the guy Ginger Bill who made it and although maybe not as performant as Rust it is simple and concise. I did investigate Zig but Zig feels like it’s a mess to be quite honest, that doesn’t mean i dislike or to any Zig fans i like it but it’s just not my cup of tea.
Also having to use Miri with Rust can make everything feel weird as Rust’s borrow checker has cases not found in other languages.
