vscode-rust

> it crashes process IDs more often than Justin Bieber crashes Maseratis: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust/issues/890 So -- this guy used an extension (named Rust) with rust-analyzer, a configuration known to not work, it didn't work(!), and the extension author recommends he tries the extension made for rust-analyzer. Hardly a case for the ages. Guy uses unsupported config and things don't work? > What clangd does is work. Don't doubt it. I'm just saying -- I haven't had any problems with the rust-analyzer extension since it became the Rust default. But, yes, I had a few hiccups and crashes beforehand, no doubt. I just have to imagine it's both younger, and doing more/different things than clangd.

Well we could start with the fact that it crashes process IDs more often than Justin Bieber crashes Maseratis: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust/issues/890 (it’s always LLVM’s fault, I know). Or move right along to the insane configuration hacks that are mandatory if you want anything upmarket of VSCode (who doesn’t need a little practice with their Emacs Lisp), or the N^2 whatever that happens when you point it at bindgen output. What clangd does is work.

I started learning rust 2 days ago and I was struggling with RLS in WSL using VSCode. I think it just doesn't work very well with WSL (https://github.com/rust-lang/rls-vscode/issues/706#event-327...). Very excited to give this a try in WSL2.

Not OP but i keep trying and the tools still have a long way to go and compile times are abysmal (even relative to C++). For example, https://github.com/rust-lang/rls-vscode/issues/237 this issue that has persisted for over a year with no signs of being fixed. With C++, in spite of its warts, I can still be productive just because of the ecosystem around it. Rust was something I was gung-ho about, but after repeated attempts to create a medium/large project, I am still in a wait and see mode. Moreover, it's just not powerful enough. Many features are coming in, but they break the compiler and you end up needing to work off nightly regardless. I think it's a good effort, but people just recommending the Rust train nonchalantly really need to step back and check their biases.