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1. aslkalska · 1790346855 · focus · HN ↗

   Honestly Rust is an ugly looking language, I mean it's probably okay if you're coming from C or C++ but if you're coming from say Java, it's horrendous. but then again that probably does not matter at all.

   1. Mabusto · 1790357841 · focus · HN ↗

      I thought the same thing. I started working full time in Rust back in March and the first few weeks I thought “this is ridiculous, it’s so ugly and hard to read”. My background is in C++ for game development (10y) followed by CTO of a web startup (JS/Python/TypeScript), so I know ugly code!

      You absolutely do get used to it and I really like the built in formatters. I would write everything in Rust going forward if I could, it really is a different way of thinking about how to write code. I don’t agree it’s the right tool for every job though.

      1. skrtskrt · 1790358461 · focus · HN ↗

         The built-in formatter drives me insane it's always choosing or not choosing to line break in places that make zero semantic sense.

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