Not OP but the syntax is off-puting for me, it's simply difficult to read.

I can parse and read all C/C++/TypeScript/Java/C# code with ease, it all makes sense and reads like poetry. Rust's syntax is just ugly, I have a visceral unpleasant feeling sort-of like when I have to read Perl code or (to a lesser degree) Objective-C.

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ribadeo 7 months ago | parent [-]

You don't like the turbofish?

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rcxdude 7 months ago | parent [-]

lifetime annotations seem to be the biggest yuck for most people, given it's the most un-C++ like syntax (and single-quotes are always balanced in most languages).

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rightbyte 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

Single quotes are not balanced in GNU Octave or Lisps. I have never seen that as a critique of those.

	▲	rcxdude 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		I think they have more obvious syntax complaints (from the perspective of the C-syntax language developer), to be fair

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bmicraft 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

That's what's always tripped me up learning VHDL. I still don't really like it.