Despite being a Rust fan, I do believe that it is in fact harder to use than nearly all languages, despite the valiant effort of the community to make it as easy to use as possible.
Things shouldn’t be ported to Rust willy-nilly, but in its niche (basically: a better C++, because the compiler enforces many of the things you need to keep track of in your head in C++, and also because as many productivity features as are possible without violating “pay-for-what-you-use” too fragrantly are baked in), it can be worth the cost.
I am sure some others will disagree with this, but I think using Rust in domains that Python or Java or Awk or Bash is well-suited to is quite silly. For me, Rust competes with C and C++, and little else.
Things shouldn’t be ported to Rust willy-nilly, but in its niche (basically: a better C++, because the compiler enforces many of the things you need to keep track of in your head in C++, and also because as many productivity features as are possible without violating “pay-for-what-you-use” too fragrantly are baked in), it can be worth the cost.
I am sure some others will disagree with this, but I think using Rust in domains that Python or Java or Awk or Bash is well-suited to is quite silly. For me, Rust competes with C and C++, and little else.