I heard today that some people think #Rust #RustLang has an ugly syntax. I agree. It's not a simple #Lisp, so it's not pretty, and if it's not pretty, it's ugly.
More seriously, I rather think the problem isn't aesthetics, but familiarity. But that's a gut feeling, not based on research.
Lars Wirzenius /
npub169…98vpx
2024-08-30 15:50:26
Author Public Key
npub169875d5xru6ur9l65a2f6ahcyznn3yejclcqwu4qla4ku9mw7k0qa98vpxPublished at
2024-08-30 15:50:26Event JSON
{
"id": "d553be4ccff835522d344aac8548cefb0e1b247898f4d1a1af61277e096b2188",
"pubkey": "d14fea36861f35c197faa7549d76f820a7389332c7f00772a0ff6b6e176ef59e",
"created_at": 1725033026,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"rust"
],
[
"t",
"lisp"
],
[
"t",
"rustlang"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://toot.liw.fi/@liw/113051764428861869",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://toot.liw.fi/users/liw/statuses/113051764428861869",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://toot.liw.fi/users/liw/statuses/113051764428861869",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "I heard today that some people think #Rust #RustLang has an ugly syntax. I agree. It's not a simple #Lisp, so it's not pretty, and if it's not pretty, it's ugly.\n\nMore seriously, I rather think the problem isn't aesthetics, but familiarity. But that's a gut feeling, not based on research.",
"sig": "4fe8683a1e0963e28eba01d61ef6110454029be99cbb46547536bd27e1821ba0de67da2a1497f17ce443d48909d72653e2e9559800183039a45481ac92a6c47c"
}