> Go and Node have some significant overlap, but Go and Rust are
> barely even competitors.
Among the people I know Go and Rust seem to be at the top of their list. Almost all people I know who program Rust also know Go. Not as many Go programmers I know program in Rust as well, but some know Rust and even more want to learn it. Which probably isn't too peculiar because Rust is more of a kerfuffle to program in.
I'm not denying your observation. I'm just reporting that from where I am, things look a bit different.
I agree that it mostly doesn't matter that much which language you choose -- as long as it is a language that can meet certain minimum standards. In my view there is only about a handful of languages to actually choose from.
The first is that it must be possible to produce proper binaries. For instance, Python is unacceptable to me since it tends to place a large burden on the user. Next, it has to be a somewhat mainstream language with a sufficiently large community. With that sorted the more technical stuff needs to be evaluated. Like its standard library, how ergonomic the tooling, what quality software/libraries the community produces is etc.
Among the people I know Go and Rust seem to be at the top of their list. Almost all people I know who program Rust also know Go. Not as many Go programmers I know program in Rust as well, but some know Rust and even more want to learn it. Which probably isn't too peculiar because Rust is more of a kerfuffle to program in.
I'm not denying your observation. I'm just reporting that from where I am, things look a bit different.
I agree that it mostly doesn't matter that much which language you choose -- as long as it is a language that can meet certain minimum standards. In my view there is only about a handful of languages to actually choose from.
The first is that it must be possible to produce proper binaries. For instance, Python is unacceptable to me since it tends to place a large burden on the user. Next, it has to be a somewhat mainstream language with a sufficiently large community. With that sorted the more technical stuff needs to be evaluated. Like its standard library, how ergonomic the tooling, what quality software/libraries the community produces is etc.