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> When I started learning Rust after ~25 years of C++, I was quite productive after a couple of months. Stating that it takes 25 years of experience in order t
by arinlen 4y ago
> When I started learning Rust after ~25 years of C++, I was quite productive after a couple of months.
Stating that it takes 25 years of experience in order to become productive with Rust doesn't really sound like a positive note.
Keep in mind that your typical user of high-level programming languages already has a very hard time grasping the basic mechanics of C++, and Rust's memory management paradigm alone is renowned for having quite a steep learning curve when compared to C++.
- nicoburns 4y agoFWIW I was productive in Rust after a couple of months with a background ~5-10 years of experience in primarily JavaScript and PHP (no prior low level experience). Rust does have a steep learning curve, but I'd argue that it's shallower than that of C++ (which puts shoots up in complexity as soon as you wish to include a dependency). This is especially true if you are actually intending to write production code. There's no way I'd have comfortable releasing my C++ code to production after only 2 months, but my Rust code was completely solid despite my lack of experience in the language.