Rust Viable for Data Analytics?

Question

I normally use python to do some quick data analysis, with pandas/polars/pyspark/...But I've started to use rust more and more in the last few weeks and really start to like it.Does anyone have experience doing data analysis with rust, and would you recommend it over python?And are there any resources like https://areweguiyet.com/ but for data analysis?

sk11001 · Accepted Answer

No, it's way too rigid to iterate quickly and work interactively. And it's not a "is the language there yet" - it's not supposed to be there at all, it targets completely different use cases.

nextos · Answer

Rust still has some key pieces missing, but looks promising, see: https://github.com/wiseaidev/rust-data-analysis
F# has a very decent data community: https://fsharp.org/guides/data-science and https://fslab.org
And obviously Julia is also something to consider. It depends on the compromises you want to make and what you define as data analytics.

dv_dt · Answer

Not a whole answer, but maybe worth mentioning that Polars is implemented in rust and you can directly use it via it's Rust crate. https://docs.rs/polars/latest/polars/

SushiHippie · Answer

Clickable link: https://areweguiyet.com/