People have covered a lot of the rational reasons, so here's an emotional one.
I've been coding a bunch of Rust lately, and I'm happy to discover it has my favourite thing from Haskell: the "if it compiles it's usually correct" feeling is wonderful. My software feels rock solid to me, even while it's being heavily changed.
It almost certainly translates into more reliable software, but even just the feeling is enough to hook me.
I've been coding a bunch of Rust lately, and I'm happy to discover it has my favourite thing from Haskell: the "if it compiles it's usually correct" feeling is wonderful. My software feels rock solid to me, even while it's being heavily changed.
It almost certainly translates into more reliable software, but even just the feeling is enough to hook me.