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Sometimes I wonder a key part of the appeal of Rust is that feeling of climbing the mountain. I've noticed that coming to a solution around the particular cons
by skohan 6y ago
Sometimes I wonder a key part of the appeal of Rust is that feeling of climbing the mountain. I've noticed that coming to a solution around the particular constraints of Rust can have a eureka feeling which is similar to how it felt applying a new concept successfully for the first time when I was first learning to program (e.g. recursion). I'm not always convinced the solution I come to is superior to what I would have done in a more traditional programming language, but it certainly feels rewarding to overcome challenge, and I would bet that's true of a lot of people, and that it's more motivating than the promise of performance and memory safety alone.
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- Dowwie 6y agoI've experienced that climber's high several times while working out problems with Rust during my first two years working with the language. It's a rewarding feeling. I couldn't climb without the community, either. There's so much to learn, especially when one chooses to learn while doing, but it can be done with help. I am convinced that the solutions I come with are superior to those I would write with Python, but the first time solving them may involve a costly investment of time and effort.