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Exactly. I wouldn't write a kernel or shared library in Crystal and I wouldn't write a webapp in Rust.

> wouldn't write a webapp in Rust

What other people subject themselves to is none of my business :)

And there is need for HTTP frameworks in Rust, for example embedded stuff often hosts HTTP servers. However, just like C we frameworks, it's my opinion they're not for the average use case.

Yes, and I can see HTTP frameworks in Rust useful for turning high-performance libraries into web services that can be used by other applications.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense too. For example a database might want to provide a REST api for management, which would make sense to write in rust if the DB was written in rust.

Have you looked into iron/hyper? I’ve used them extensively and find them great and fast as hell.

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