why-rust.md

GC vs Native

1. Predicable latency
2. Access to modern storage API without overhead
3. Custom management of memory, cache: key to multi-tenant system

Rust Offerings(vs C++)

1. Memory safety without garbage collection.
2. Concurrency without data races.
3. Modern Toolchain
4. Zero-cost abstraction

Adoption of Rust: Trend

1. Neon Database
2. TiKV
3. Databend

Known Limitation

1. Work-in-progress Async ecosystem

Reference

1. https://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/04/10/Fearless-Concurrency.html
2. Jon Gjengset: Consider Rust
3. Rust is the key to cutting Android vulnerabilities