For context: I started out a passionate and evangelical Python "duck typing" proponent. Eventually migrated to Node, as it let me in the browser via JS (i'm fond of web tech). Eventually Go caught my eye due to types (before Typescript really existed) and so i stayed there for a while. Each of these lasted ~5 years.
These days i'm a heavy and solely Rust user.. going on ~3 years now iirc. Both in my work life, and home life.
The more experience i got in my career the more i loved types, so Rust's type system wasn't a shock to me. Yes, it was the most in depth typing i had used, but for me it was a natural transition. I was wanting types to solve problems for me. Rust felt very natural in that sense.
I advocate that Rust can be easy to learn if you focus on your bite sizes. Learn Rust with a keen eye for what looks like big and small bytes, and never exceed your mouth size. In the beginning lifetimes are scary, so avoid them - clone or `Arc` like mad. Be wary of heavy generic usage. Rust has lots of rope to hand yourself with, should you go looking for a noose.
For context: I started out a passionate and evangelical Python "duck typing" proponent. Eventually migrated to Node, as it let me in the browser via JS (i'm fond of web tech). Eventually Go caught my eye due to types (before Typescript really existed) and so i stayed there for a while. Each of these lasted ~5 years.
These days i'm a heavy and solely Rust user.. going on ~3 years now iirc. Both in my work life, and home life.
The more experience i got in my career the more i loved types, so Rust's type system wasn't a shock to me. Yes, it was the most in depth typing i had used, but for me it was a natural transition. I was wanting types to solve problems for me. Rust felt very natural in that sense.
I advocate that Rust can be easy to learn if you focus on your bite sizes. Learn Rust with a keen eye for what looks like big and small bytes, and never exceed your mouth size. In the beginning lifetimes are scary, so avoid them - clone or `Arc` like mad. Be wary of heavy generic usage. Rust has lots of rope to hand yourself with, should you go looking for a noose.