Wrong place to ask the question. HN has a high proportion of people with an unusual interest in trying out programming languages and I would say the average visitor doesn't particularly like C++.
From my point of view, Rust doesn't offer any benefits that would justify a switch. I would lose a lot of experience, libraries, a mature stable platform and job opportunities in exchange for more memory safety - something that's not a particularly pressing issue for me.
Furthermore, I think many developers obsess about languages and keep searching for a perfect language that doesn't exist and even if it did wouldn't have a big impact on productivity and the business anyway. The major challenges in organisations are of a social or process nature.
They're also biased in a surprising way by social factors such as who created a PL or the community.
Meanwhile PHP, Java, C++ and C# and C make the world go round.
Key questions for me when evaluating whether to learn Rust (or any language):
* can I get a good job programming in this? Without moving to another country or continent.
* is my industry showing interest in it?
* is any industry showing interest?
The answer to all these questions seems to be "no".
From my point of view, Rust doesn't offer any benefits that would justify a switch. I would lose a lot of experience, libraries, a mature stable platform and job opportunities in exchange for more memory safety - something that's not a particularly pressing issue for me.
Furthermore, I think many developers obsess about languages and keep searching for a perfect language that doesn't exist and even if it did wouldn't have a big impact on productivity and the business anyway. The major challenges in organisations are of a social or process nature.
They're also biased in a surprising way by social factors such as who created a PL or the community. Meanwhile PHP, Java, C++ and C# and C make the world go round.
Key questions for me when evaluating whether to learn Rust (or any language):
* can I get a good job programming in this? Without moving to another country or continent.
* is my industry showing interest in it?
* is any industry showing interest?
The answer to all these questions seems to be "no".