So I want to make a new project. It will have a website and an algorithm which will handle the requests. The thing is, web development in Rust feels harder than say in Go or Python. So I thought maybe I could somehow make bindings in Rust for Go since the faster the algorithm is, the better. However, that seems to complicate stuff as well. So do you think I should just rewrite the current algorithm in Go? Is it fast enough for it to not be a noticeable difference?
Edit: Thanks for the suggestions and advice! I decided to go with Rust for the website with Axum and the algorithm as well.
In my experience combining multiple languages usually creates more complexity and is slower than each of them individually because you need to convert the data structures of one language into those of another. Both of them are great languages and I’ve made web services in both so whatever one you pick will be a good choice.
As for which one to pick, although Rust is my favorite language, if you don’t know it it’ll take a while to learn. So for this project I’d say to go with Go because it’s simpler and you really won’t notice a performance difference unless you’ve got a huge amount of traffic.
If you have any more questions feel free to ask!