Re:The struggle with Rust
by the_af on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:39AM
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That's because a lot of things (let's not debate exactly how many here) translate well between C++ and Java. But my point wasn't about going between relatively similar languages; it was about learning something radically different for the first time, like it was when you learned your first programming language.
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Re:The struggle with Rust
by rubber_duck on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:09AM
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But that's not going to work in practice - there are many skilled C++ devs and C++ has many ingrained legacy issues which another systems programming language could solve - but the bridge between that language and C++ must exist for this to happen. Like in the post, OP is a competent programmer - he can solve his problem in C++ - why would he invest months in to Rust to do the same thing ? If your answer is safety then OK that will matter to some but a lot of people don't care enough about it to pay the cost of switching.
Safety and correctness are big deals. I get that for many people they aren't a high priority. Such is life.
If someone thinks they won't gain anything by going from C++ to Rust, then no effort to learn it will be worth it. Obviously the Rust devs think there is a benefit.