Welcome! I too am relatively new and have been enjoying the hell out of Rust.
Rust is definitely suitable for writing small libraries or apps. Rust is definitely going go change its API, and, to a lesser extent, its language semantics. The parts that is still in flux are some finer points relating to pointers and memory management. For many apps you'd never notice, but in my opinion there are some non-intuitive quirks. These are being ironed out as the region based memory management is implemented. In all honesty, this is the best experience I've ever had with a 0.2 language. The toolchain is quite solid and everything works as expected. The team is also very responsive to issues filed in the github tracker. If you haven't already, check out cargo central. It is a repository of user contributed libraries and anyone can contribute to it. So if you see something missing from Rust's core or stdlib, that would be a great way to contribute. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Kobi Lurie <[email protected]> wrote: > hello list, newbie here, just read the tutorial. > I am interested in rust, and would like to ask general questions, or suggest > features or simplifications. > > Is this the right place? > > first question: I am an early adopter type, I don't mind api breaking under > my feet. > I'd like to know if at this stage the language is suitable enough for > writing small libraries or apps. > Are the general semantics expected to change dramatically? > > Thanks, Kobi > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
