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It's not "suffering first". It is to learn how the hardware really works.
by kbumsik 8y ago
It's not "suffering first". It is to learn how the hardware really works.
- steveklabnik 8y agoWell, C isn’t how the hardware works either, but beyond that... you get that with Rust too. I’ve had people tell me that they didn’t really grok the stack vs heap when doing C, but learning Rust taught it to them. As always, YMMV. I learned C 20 years before learning Rust myself.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoWell, the difference between the stack and the heap is quite rudimentary; to be fair.
- steveklabnik 8y agoSure, and it’s just an example. That’s not “how the hardware works” either, but my point is that Rust can and does teach systems concepts even though it may have a higher level of abstraction at times.