On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Stefano Di Martino <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > rust seems to be a next generation language that's really worth it. But I > still see elements in the syntax that are just need- and senseless and from > the last century, like the semicolon an the end of each command. What is > this good for?! > What are parenthesis like "{" good for? They might make sense in *some* > cases, but it is nasty to make this elements to fix syntax rules for every > command or code block. > If you could remove this verbose syntax, it would be worth to call it "next > generation language" in a syntax way, too. >
I'd recommend writing a variety of small toy scripts, text-book algorithms / data structures, or whatever other small applications you are interested in for awhile. You may find that the syntax grows on you. That's been the case for me. Actually I think this is true, for me, for all languages once I've invested sufficient energy in writing and reading the language. Regards, Nathan Wilcox > Best regards > Stefano > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
