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On the one side I really like c and c++ because they’re fun and have great performance; they don’t feel like your fighting the language and let me feel sort of creative in the way I do things(compared with something like Rust or Swift).

On the other hand, when weighing one’s feelings against the common good, I guess it’s not really a contest. Plus I suspect a lot of my annoyance with languages like rust stems from not being as familiar with the paradigm. What do you all think?

  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m not saying that java or python are harder, of course they aren’t. I’m just saying that it’s not as hard as people seem to think. What is 1 week of commitment to learn a new language? Of course it depends on what there is to offer.

    I think the benefits of rust far outweigh it’s drawbacks (including the learning time).