[pcwalton]

My experience is the exact opposite. Most of the people who I work with now using Rust did not know any Rust at the time they were hired. There haven't been any major problems at all.

Do you have experience that shows otherwise?

[weberc2]

I'm a former C++ dev. I've made repeated attempts to learn Rust over the last few years. I now feel like I'm capable of building things with much effort and frustration and constant Googling, but with a small fraction of the effort. By comparison, I got to the same point in Go in an afternoon.

[pcwalton]

I'm not interested in debating which language is easier to learn for C++ programmers. I'm pushing back against the (clearly false, IMO) idea that adopting Rust is a mistake.

[weberc2]

In the context of the conversation, adopting Rust over Go is a mistake for the majority of applications primarily because of the difference in learning curve. Of course there are other factors, and not all applications are equal. I threw in my C++ background to demonstrate that I'm quite capable of thinking in the low-level terms demanded of Rust programmers, and my learning curve was still very large. You can disagree if you like, but my comment was related.

[pcwalton]

I don't agree that the learning curve difference (which is a temporary cost that decreases over time) is high enough to outweigh the benefits in the "majority" of cases that could benefit from Rust (and reap those benefits long-term). I respect your experience, but it doesn't invalidate mine, which has held up with many people I've seen get up to speed with Rust.

[weberc2]

I never claimed my experience invalidated yours; you asked for experience that was contrary to yours, so I offered mine.

[Thaxll]

It's about the learning curve, especially people coming from Python to build websites, I mean seriously you would recommend Rust over Go to someone that build api / websites? It's telling someone that used to Ruby to go the C++ way, terrible idea for Python/ruby.

[pcwalton]

> I mean seriously you would recommend Rust over Go to someone that build api / websites?

Depends on the Web site. I wouldn't particularly recommend either for most CRUD apps.