I had the opposite experience to you. I found Pony much easier to learn than Rust. Reference types are probably the trickiest bit to learn, especially in how t

I had the opposite experience to you. I found Pony much easier to learn than Rust. Reference types are probably the trickiest bit to learn, especially in how they relate to Pony's generics. Everyone is different, but I found learning the 6 reference capabilities to be a lot easier than trying to understand borrowing and lifetimes in Rust. I readily accept other reasons not to pursue Pony; it's library ecosystem is budding, the runtime is still a bit unstable, and there is limited support for non-x86_64 architectures. However, I invite anyone reading this comment to form their own opinion of the language. I feel I've benefited greatly from learning it. Also, Pony has a pretty active community on Zulip, where you will find people who will jump at the chance to help you get unstuck while you're writing Pony. https://ponylang.zulipchat.com/ https://ponylang.zulipchat.com/