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> I expect that within a couple years, Rust will be a viable alternative to Python and Ruby for backend web development I like Rust, but I don't see this happe

> I expect that within a couple years, Rust will be a viable alternative to Python and Ruby for backend web development I like Rust, but I don't see this happening. Python, Ruby and PHP/Node.js languages became popular (and thus useful) because their learning curve is not steep - which is not something one can say about Rust. I consider myself capable developer but I struggled with many concepts. It's true that I didn't use it for a real project though, it might have been easier if I had clear goal in my mind.

RussianCow 9y ago
That's true, and I don't mean to imply that I think it will replace Python/Ruby/etc. But I think Rust may find a sizeable niche as a high-performance, lower-level backend programming language for the web, sort of like Elixir. I've personally found the learning curve to be a lot smaller for web development than other projects because you don't have to learn everything at once; web development doesn't typically call for things like manual threading, so the borrow checker and other advanced features don't come up nearly as much or as early as they might for other codebases.