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Rust-Lang: Questions

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 5:30

Anyone here using rust? I'm looking for perspective on how difficult the language would be for a beginner, whether it's worth learning at the moment (I heard about an imminent rewrite of some major syntax).

Alternative: Noob to programming, want to learn rust. Why or why not?

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 6:33

It is near-stable (version 0.9), no imminent rewrites planned.
It will be difficult because you'll have to deal with memory management. So get a grip on C first, then move on to Rust.
Learning a functional language like Haskell or SML/OCaml would of course be easier, but if juggling bytes of memory is what you intend to do as a programmer, go the C->Rust route.

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 6:57

rust a shit

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 7:30

>>2
Thank you, will do!

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 9:07

Don't forget to read the pointers&lifetimes guides:
http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/master/guide-lifetimes.html
http://words.steveklabnik.com/pointers-in-rust-a-guide

Rust is all about memory safety and its various types of memory management are a must-learn.

Name: Anonymous 2014-03-09 12:30

mozilla?
no thanks

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