Nah. It's like learning vim, you get over the first shock and then you have a lifetime friend.
And another thing is with current coding agents, like the gpt-5-codex, Rust really shines here. The agent can easily guide you through the first borrow checker issues, and the compiler helps the agent to write good code.
Source: been writing Rust for a decade now. It is easily the best language I've ever used, still.
And another thing is with current coding agents, like the gpt-5-codex, Rust really shines here. The agent can easily guide you through the first borrow checker issues, and the compiler helps the agent to write good code.
Source: been writing Rust for a decade now. It is easily the best language I've ever used, still.