On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Nathan wrote: > 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.
I feel the same way. It seems that large amount of time has been put into the syntax, and I think it really shows. There is a consistency that is really nice to work with. The two languages that I spend the most time in are Python and Haskell, both whitespace delimited, and I find that I am actually happier programming in Rust (modulo any problems to be expected in a new/not complete language). I find the braces to be useful visual indications of blocks, and the semicolons are a nice way of saying "this is a statement" (or, another way of saying that is 'ignore the result of this expression'). _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
