I'm very happy to see Rust stabilize, about time we get a systems(ish) programming language with a half decent type system. With that said... I need to get some bikeshedding off my chest:
I hate to let such a triviality lower my enthusiasm for a language so much, but I just can not get over that awful inconsistent closure syntax :/
I don't get it. Most everything else has a nice unique keyword syntax, fn uses (args, in, parenthesis), proc syntax made consistent sense, then lambda is this crazy || linenoise thing that doesn't fit in at all. The "borrow the good ideas from other languages" approach has resulted in a great language, but "cram random syntax from other languages that doesn't fit" doesn't work out so well.
I hate to let such a triviality lower my enthusiasm for a language so much, but I just can not get over that awful inconsistent closure syntax :/
I don't get it. Most everything else has a nice unique keyword syntax, fn uses (args, in, parenthesis), proc syntax made consistent sense, then lambda is this crazy || linenoise thing that doesn't fit in at all. The "borrow the good ideas from other languages" approach has resulted in a great language, but "cram random syntax from other languages that doesn't fit" doesn't work out so well.