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Eric S Raymond, author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", blogs via Ibiblio
I wanted to like Rust. I really did. I've been investigating it for months, from the outside, as a C replacement with stronger correctness guarantees that we could use for NTPsec [a hardened implementation of Network Time Protocol].
[...] I was evaluating it in contrast with Go, which I learned in order to evaluate as a C replacement a couple of weeks back.
[...] In practice, I found Rust painful to the point of unusability. The learning curve was far worse than I expected; it took me those four days of struggling with inadequate documentation to write 67 lines of wrapper code for [a simple IRC] server.
Even things that should be dirt-simple, like string concatenation, are unreasonably difficult. The language demands a huge amount of fussy, obscure ritual before you can get anything done.
The contrast with Go is extreme. By four days in of exploring Go, I had mastered most of the language, had a working program and tests, and was adding features to taste.
Have you tried using Rust, Go or any other language that might replace C in the future? What are your experiences?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @12:58AM
I am self employed.
There's this thing you should see too, it's called "The Real World".
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 17 2017, @01:25AM
You should as well. It's full of people like me. We have most of the money and hire for the jobs.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @11:15AM
I work for myself - I'd be hiring you. If you behave like a retarded child, cannot work alongside others without pointless interpersonal drama or are in need a "code of conduct" then you are simply not employable.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 17 2017, @11:23AM
I think you missed the sarcasm earlier in the thread.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.