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That seems odd for a student. Let me explain what I mean. As a student myself (formerly in CS, now Software Development), I believe that getting into a new lan
by conradk 12y ago
That seems odd for a student. Let me explain what I mean.
As a student myself (formerly in CS, now Software Development), I believe that getting into a new language with a nice community, such as Rust, seems like a very good way to learn from the design mistakes that the implementors do along the way, unlike with a language like C where not much is changing.
It may also be a good place to contribute, especially since docs, tutorials and simple yet useful libraries might not yet be very present even though they are needed.
Finally, you state the the compiler is no help because the errors aren't online. I agree that this is a valid point. However, I would just ask on Stackoverflow or on the #rust IRC and then contribute the answers you get back to Stackoverflow for others to see.
- zephyrthenoble 12y agoYou have valid points, especially about contributing back to the community. However, I was using Rust to learn how a webserver or a kernel worked, not to learn how a language worked. If I was writing my own code for my own use, and it didn't effect a grade or was part of important work, then using Rust and learning from/contributing to the community would be a great experience.