Re:A half-hour to learn Rust
by malwrar on Saturday January 02, 2021 @08:52AM
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This is precisely what I was looking for when I searched for “Rust for C++ programmers” in the past. I love the Rust book, but I’ve always thought the common focus on accessibility for newbie programmers made it feel tedious for those who are more seasoned. I’d love to see more writing like this, maybe even for other things like libraries!
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I've found it's generally really tough to find guides for getting into new languages that are written for experienced programmers who don't know that language yet. Everything seems to be written for complete newbies, or be a dense reference that assumes you know almost everything already.
It's a bit annoying, but not much to do except slog through the guides and try to write a few programs.
Re:A half-hour to learn Rust
by GreenWatermelon on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:02PM
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Psst, check out this one[1], It's exactly what you're looking for. Pretty much for any language.
Very well said. Totally agree with this point. I experience the same.
Re:A half-hour to learn Rust
by bluejekyll on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:27AM
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I found the Rust book to be anything but tedious, as a seasoned programmer. As I read it, it made me want to cry thinking back on past bugs and issues that I had dealt with that the language had been designed to prevent.
It made me think of the days and weeks of debugging that I wouldn’t have needed to do, had Rust existed.
If you already know C++, https://overexact.com/rust-for-professionals/ might be for you (disclaimer: I wrote this)