[eriknstr]

The article also links the state of rust survey. I visited the survey with intent to answer it but the first question "Do you use Rust?" only has the following three alternatives for an answer:

- "Yes"

- "No, I stopped using Rust"

- "No, I've never used Rust"

When making a survey the alternatives for the answers are very important. I feel that none of these alternatives apply to me. That's bad. Unfortunate because I would have liked to participate in the survey.

I've done a little bit of beginner programming in Rust in order to try and learn the language. However I haven't yet used it to implement anything actually useful so I wouldn't say "yes, I use Rust". It's been a while since last I did something in Rust but I wouldn't say "no, I stopped using Rust" because to me that implies that I have decided that Rust is not for me, which is not something that I feel, I want to use it, I just keep pushing it down on the list of things to do because other more immediate desires and problems keep popping up.

[seqastian]

So, just take YES and move on? Surveys are about trends not about absolutes.

[Nomentatus]

I would have thought he should say NO, or maybe that he quit given his situation. So maybe he could roll a dice* for the answer - but that wouldn't really provide information. One more slot wouldn't hurt.

*"roll a die" for those who prefer more atavistic conventions - see research on Latin plurals rendered in English over time and with regard to frequency of use.

[emmelaich]

I'm in the same boat but answered no. I'll go with the grandparent coment and suggest that an option indicating that you've tinkered and dabbled with it and no more. (Sorry, a more appropriate wording doesn't come to mind at the moment)

[divs1210]

> i use it in production > i use it for hobby projects > i have played with it > i have never used it

Clojure survey had something along these lines

[stuaxo]

I'm also in the category of having tried it a couple of times, but never hit the velocity to be able to write anything myself.