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I jumped from C# to Ruby to JS/TS to Go easily. Rust has taken a lot longer to learn. Today, if I need a statically compiled binary, I use Go, simply because I

I jumped from C# to Ruby to JS/TS to Go easily. Rust has taken a lot longer to learn. Today, if I need a statically compiled binary, I use Go, simply because I can crank out a solution quickly. My point is that Go seems like a reasonable choice, if you want to easily onboard developers who are familiar with JavaScript. I don't think Rust would be as accessible.

Zababa 5y ago
I personally find Rust easier than Go. The compiler helps more, rust-analyzer is way better than the Go language server, the Rust docs are great, package management is better, and the richer type system means that it's usually easier for me to "glue the types" in my head to know what I need to do. Of course that's not universal, some people will find Go easier, some will find something else easier. But my point is just that some people will find Rust accessible.
nicoburns 5y ago
I wonder if perhaps your OOP background is holding you back with regards to Rust. I see this quite a lot in /r/rust. People from a c#/Java background struggling. I personally learnt Rust quite quickly and easily coming from a JS background. There was some new stuff to learn, but the Book covered that well, and what I consider idiomatic JS - lot's of functional iterator chains, minimal mutation, duck typing, etc - translated into Rust pretty much 1:1. Cargo is also familiar to the JS dev, and the availability of high quality libraries means that a beginner Rust dev doesn't need to learn the most complex parts until later.
- christophilus 5y ago
  I learned OCaml, Erlang, and Clojure easily enough. I generally prefer a functional style, so i don’t think that’s it. Haskell and Rust are the two most difficult languages I’ve learned. That said, Rust has come a long way in terms of ergonomics.

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I jumped from C# to Ruby to JS/TS to Go easily. Rust has taken a lot longer to learn. Today, if I need a statically compiled binary, I use Go, simply because I

by christophilus 5y ago

Zababa 5y ago
I personally find Rust easier than Go. The compiler helps more, rust-analyzer is way better than the Go language server, the Rust docs are great, package management is better, and the richer type system means that it's usually easier for me to "glue the types" in my head to know what I need to do. Of course that's not universal, some people will find Go easier, some will find something else easier. But my point is just that some people will find Rust accessible.
nicoburns 5y ago
I wonder if perhaps your OOP background is holding you back with regards to Rust. I see this quite a lot in /r/rust. People from a c#/Java background struggling. I personally learnt Rust quite quickly and easily coming from a JS background. There was some new stuff to learn, but the Book covered that well, and what I consider idiomatic JS - lot's of functional iterator chains, minimal mutation, duck typing, etc - translated into Rust pretty much 1:1. Cargo is also familiar to the JS dev, and the availability of high quality libraries means that a beginner Rust dev doesn't need to learn the most complex parts until later.
- christophilus 5y ago
  I learned OCaml, Erlang, and Clojure easily enough. I generally prefer a functional style, so i don’t think that’s it. Haskell and Rust are the two most difficult languages I’ve learned. That said, Rust has come a long way in terms of ergonomics.