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Rust has been harder for me to pickup than C++. I want to like it. The problem is that the one character symbolic syntax notation remain nonsensical and seem

• yorwba 9y ago
  What exactly do you mean by "one character symbolic syntax notation"? I can't think of anything in Rust matching that description that doesn't exist in C++ as well.
  • oblio 9y ago
    I'm guessing its this: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-wiki-backup/blob/master/Sigil-reference.md https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-wiki-backup/blob/master/Si... -> > (eg &'a T) If you look at the popular web development languages, they don't really have sigils. Javascript/Flow/Typescript/Coffeescript (front end). Java, C#, Python, PHP (ok, I'll grant you $). Ruby is a bit of an oddball and I guess it's part of the reason Python is overtaking it. Basically, unless you've been working in C/C++, you've never really used funky symbols to denote "modifiers". Say what you will, but > public static void main is easier to Google and even to parse for most people. Keep in mind that the vaaaaaast majority of devs today have never worked professionally in C/C++. I'd imagine some of them have never even touched it, even as a hobby.
    • yorwba 9y ago
      The comment I was responding to was explicitly comparing it to C++, which is what confused me.
      • oblio 9y ago
        Oh, right.
• petre 9y ago
  You should probably try D then. It's easy to pick up and very powerful once you learn most of the language features.