Rust Is Not Low-Level

Whenever someone says they think Rust is a very low-level language I show them this: pub struct ListIter<'a, T: Sized, const N: usize> { 1 implementation inner: std::iter::FlatMap< NodeIter<'a, T, N>, std::iter::Map< std::iter::Take<std::slice::Iter<'a, MaybeUninit<T>>>, fn(&'a MaybeUninit<T>) -> &'a T, >, fn( &'a Node<T, N>, ) -> std::iter::Map< std::iter::Take<std::slice::Iter<'a, MaybeUninit<T>>>, fn(&'a MaybeUninit<T>) -> &'a T, >, >, __phantom: PhantomData<&'a List<T, N>>, }

A tweet shows an extremely complex Rust type and says it is shown whenever someone claims Rust is a very low-level language. The joke is that Rust may offer low-level control, but its advanced type system and iterator abstractions can produce intimidating, highly abstract code. EN: A tweet shows an extremely complex Rust type and says it is shown whenever someone claims Rust is a very low-level language. The joke is that Rust may offer low-level control, but its advanced type system and iterator abstractions can produce intimidating, highly abstract code.

• @gentoomemes / 11055 2024-05-02