I stepped into Rust by starting to rewrite a command line app which I had written previously in Perl.
Although the Rust learning cure is pretty steep (but manageable for my background) I'm very pleased with
- the expressibility the language offers (comparing here to e.g. Go is an insult to Rust)
- the speed programs run (especialy in comparison to many other languages)
- the Rust Programming Language Forum here which is extremely helpful (quick and high quality answers)
- the documentation which is very good (only to mention the Rust book)
- the compiler which is very helpful in preventing me to do stupid things on the one hand and to suggest viable solutions on the other hand
- the availability of Rust books (the good point is: if anybody is short on money there is the very good Rust book), to name a few: S. Klabnik's new book, J. Blandy & J. Orendorff's book
- the availability of blogs aso which are really good (ok, one has to check how old they are... as the language has evolved over time)
Of course, it doesn't mean that there are no situations where I'm struggling to understand things but in the end I'm confused on a higher level of consciousness (which is not bad for my understanding of life. and progress..). 