TWiR quote of the week

[TomP]

Rust has multiple unique paradigms that don't even exist in other languages, such as lifetimes and compile-time-tracked "exclusive access". But instead of endorsing them from the beginning, as @mbrubeck's Rust: a unique perspective does, the Rust book tries to show a language that is "like other languages, but with (magical) compile-time checks". When the truth is that Rust's strength lies in non-unsafe Rust being less expressive than languages like C or C++.

I think that Rust should start with the statement: "Welcome to a language that by being less expressive forces you to use constructs that are guaranteed at compile-time to be sound. But don't worry; after some time you will get used to the coding patterns that are allowed, and will then almost not notice the hindered expressiveness, only the enhanced zero-cost safety that will let you hack without fear."

• It doesn't sound bad imho, and is at least honest w.r.t. the struggles that someone refusing to shift their way of coding / mental coding patterns may encounter.

from After a week with Rust - #27 by Yandros, slightly edited for spelling/grammar/punctuation