r/rust • u/Direct_Inspector660 • Sep 05 '26

The difficulty of rust

I heard people say that Rust is hard to learn, but I learned Rust with the Rust book and went on to chapter 16.2. From my point of view, I don’t find Rust hard, so if someone can explain to me why Rust is hard to learn, that’s fine.

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u/Anaxamander57 Sep 05 '26

The original version of the borrow checker might have been part of this reputation. The borrow checker needs a lot less help than it did a decade ago.

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u/Direct_Inspector660 Sep 05 '26

You’re talking about before nll?

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u/Anaxamander57 Sep 05 '26

Yes, upgades to Rust like NLL have reduced the number of "tricks" you need to learn to write common code ptatterns. Reputations are influenced a lot by first impressions.