[baq]

> getting used to the borrow checker's rules is a big part of Rust's learning curve.

It’s also a big part of C and C++’s learning curves, it’s just that the compiler doesn’t tell you about it; you’re being taught by segfaults and silent memory corruption instead.

[oconnor663]

Very true. My hot take on this is, if you want to learn C or C++ "properly" (not just well enough to get your homework done, but well enough to write medium-size programs that pass ASan/UBSan/TSan), the fastest way is to learn Rust first. This is emphatically not because Rust is quick to learn, but rather because ownership and borrowing discipline takes years of mentorship to absorb in C and C++, and plenty of career programmers never really get it.