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I don't have a lot of experience with systems programming but want to play around with Rust. Would the best route be to learn C then move onto the untread wate

• heretohelp 15y ago
  Just learn C.
• canop_fr 15y ago
  If you want to play, just play with the toy that looks the most fun. Don't plan for the best route, take the most interesting one. There will be enough occasions in your coding life to be serious and not be given a choice...
• Arelius 15y ago
  I'm not really sure that Rust is quite ready for much usage yet, always worth a try, but some simple things are still pretty hard.
• kibwen 15y ago
  It's good to understand the underlying systems concepts in general (such as "what is the difference between heap allocation and stack allocation?"), but you don't necessarily need to know C to grok these concepts. However, C is still a good language to know, or at least be familiar with. As to Rust, there are still a few essential constructs missing from the language, so if you're looking for a gentle introduction you'd probably be better off waiting for 0.3 (scheduled for release in "about a month") or 0.4 (probably due to be released in three months or so).