[TylerE]

I find attitudes like this simply bizzare. nothing about rust is 'easy' no matter how much it's fans insist it so.

Just the syntax is miserable punctuation soup to start with.

[0x1ceb00da]

Not saying rust is easy, but syntax wouldn't even be in the top 5 if I had to list things that make rust difficult.

[justinrubek]

It always amazes me what things people will latch on to. There are many valid criticisms to be had, but those aren't the focus points of the debates.

[Measter]

But many of those valid criticisms require some familiarity with the language. With syntax they can just point at it and claim it's bad without having to learn anything first.

[justinrubek]

I find attitudes like this simply non-genuine.

[another_twist]

I mean I have worked with c++, Python, JS/TS, Java and Scala. The syntax of Rust is a mix of these. Apart from that, borrowing, some pointer work and you're set. Honestly Copilot is pretty good at generating code that you can pick up the patterns from. I would highly recommend you give it a try. Not a fan though, for any large project Rust wont be my first choice because of lack of proper libraries and Java is performant enough almost all the time.