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I actually have started learning rust and I do like it. I am hoping to get to a point where the ownership structure becomes obvious in my mind. If I had to ma

by 3a2d29 4y ago

I actually have started learning rust and I do like it. I am hoping to get to a point where the ownership structure becomes obvious in my mind. If I had to make a game right now though, I would be way faster in C++. That said though, I do hope as I learn rust everything becomes obvious. I would be very happy if I get equally as productive (since that means I can use rust for everything). I guess I just worry that certain things are like custom graph data structures, where suddenly ownership is a huge issue.

littlestymaar 4y ago
> If I had to make a game right now though, I would be way faster in C++. I've no doubt about that, learning Rust sometimes feels like having to swim with your hands tied in the back. > That said though, I do hope as I learn rust everything becomes obvious. I would be very happy if I get equally as productive (since that means I can use rust for everything). Good luck:), don't be afraid to stop and try again a few weeks later if you get too frustrated: I struggled a bit to learn rust early 2016 and after a few weeks of night hacking, I had no more free time to carry on and I was still very confused about all of that. Then, I stopped for almost 6 months, having read of few blog posts in Reddit in the meantime but nothing especially eye opening or anything, and when I got back to Rust for some reason everything sounded clear and I completed my first project in Rust very smoothly, as if my brain had been slowly digesting the concepts in a background thread during that time. > I guess I just worry that certain things are like custom graph data structures, where suddenly ownership is a huge issue. Advice: avoid them as much as possible (most of my former use of graph-like structures where in fact related to programming patterns and not strictly necessary for what I wanted to do) and if you're really manipulating graphs, you should probably use a dedicated library (I think petgraph is the most popular but these kind of things can be workload dependent so you might need to go for another one).

by 3a2d29 4y ago

littlestymaar 4y ago

> If I had to make a game right now though, I would be way faster in C++. I've no doubt about that, learning Rust sometimes feels like having to swim with your hands tied in the back. > That said though, I do hope as I learn rust everything becomes obvious. I would be very happy if I get equally as productive (since that means I can use rust for everything). Good luck:), don't be afraid to stop and try again a few weeks later if you get too frustrated: I struggled a bit to learn rust early 2016 and after a few weeks of night hacking, I had no more free time to carry on and I was still very confused about all of that. Then, I stopped for almost 6 months, having read of few blog posts in Reddit in the meantime but nothing especially eye opening or anything, and when I got back to Rust for some reason everything sounded clear and I completed my first project in Rust very smoothly, as if my brain had been slowly digesting the concepts in a background thread during that time. > I guess I just worry that certain things are like custom graph data structures, where suddenly ownership is a huge issue. Advice: avoid them as much as possible (most of my former use of graph-like structures where in fact related to programming patterns and not strictly necessary for what I wanted to do) and if you're really manipulating graphs, you should probably use a dedicated library (I think petgraph is the most popular but these kind of things can be workload dependent so you might need to go for another one).