minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.catoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•WikiLambda, backend for Wikifunctions, rewrites itself from Node.js (!!) to Rustlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoNode.js is really not a bad backend language, since it’s JIT, it’s actually faster than Python and Java in most cases. Rust will definitely have the advantage of being a compiled language though. Source: I write both Java and TS backend code, have done benchmarks. linkfedilink
Node.js is really not a bad backend language, since it’s JIT, it’s actually faster than Python and Java in most cases.
Rust will definitely have the advantage of being a compiled language though.
Source: I write both Java and TS backend code, have done benchmarks.