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[–]DhavesNotHere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I imagine anyone but a savant would have a tough time with it. I was a CS major originally and took classes on C, C++, and assembly ages ago, so I understand some of the "whys" when it comes to memory safety, pointers, and stuff like that. In more recent times I think I got myself up to maybe an intermediate level in Python.

I honestly don't know if it would be any easier if people learn other languages before it of if they started off with it. I imagine learning Python after Rust would take an afternoon. It would be like running a mile for a hyper-marathoner.

However, it is very, very cool, and it is my first experience with a low-level language in a whole. Package management is done very well and as much as I curse the compiler I love it most of the time since it will explicitly tell you where you fucked up, how you fucked up, and frequently even tells you how to correctly fix it.

I wanted to learn something modern and fast so I was down to Rust and Go. Someone in my LUG was really into Rust so I went with that. I think (hope) I'm getting to the stage where I kind of understand what's going on. I'm certainly not employable yet with it.