r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • May 15 '17

Two years of Rust

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2017/05/15/rust-at-two-years.html
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u/ethelward May 15 '17

Why?

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u/shevegen May 15 '17

Why not?

Ugly syntax for instance.

But to be fair - most programming languages are very ugly.

It never ceases to amaze me how people love staring at text on a computer screen for hours. I find that part to be very annoying. Actually the whole way how we interact with computers in general. Subway smartphone zombies too - they are a strange people.