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What to learn next, Swift or Rust (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming
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I’ve been programming for decades, though usually for myself, not as a profession. My current go-to language is Python, but I’m thinking of learning either Swift (I’m currently on the Apple ecosystem), or Rust. Which one do you think will be the best in terms of machine learning support in a couple of years and how easy is it to build MacOS/ iOS apps on Rust?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm trying to work out which one will have better for ML in a couple of years time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’think rust has any specific features that target ML. Swift does, but it's Apple hardware only.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of the things that I'm struggling with on Python is the very poor support for AMD GPU's, which are in Macs. I'm sure Swift will do a better job of using the hardware capabilities better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only old Macs have AMD GPUs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you’re looking for the best utilization of your hardware, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple’s ML frameworks were best. Since Apple has a small set of hardware, they can write software that takes advantage of it better. Consider looking into Core ML which is by Apple and for Swift. Of course this will only work for Apple hardware, but if this is just for personal interest/hobby then that doesn’t really matter.