For a beginner without experience in using libraries, the additional requirements in Rust would feel unnecessary and frustrating.
If you take up Rust after learning programming using C (which won’t require all that extra stuff and let you learn the basics easily), that would make it easier for you to appreciate the results of the extra work it makes you do.
This is such an incorrect take for real. C is far from useless and still used all over the place in all kinda of professional projects. And I’m talking new projects started this year, not just legacy maintenance.
The reason I got recommended to learn C first is so that you are getting used to handling memory by yourself. Then you switch to rust and since you are used to handling memory your rust code is usually better quality.
Another reason I want to learn C is because I regularly have to work with Arduinos.
I’ve used C++20 on embedded devices and the generated code was simpler than the C version. Why do you still use C?
I want to learn rust and got the recommendation to learn C first.
C is a 100% valid language to spend your time on.
That’s a nice recommendation.
For a beginner without experience in using libraries, the additional requirements in Rust would feel unnecessary and frustrating.
If you take up Rust after learning programming using C (which won’t require all that extra stuff and let you learn the basics easily), that would make it easier for you to appreciate the results of the extra work it makes you do.
C is useless nowadays (and has been for at least 20 years). Either learn Rust or C++.
Lol, what?
C is eternal brother.
This is such an incorrect take for real. C is far from useless and still used all over the place in all kinda of professional projects. And I’m talking new projects started this year, not just legacy maintenance.
The reason I got recommended to learn C first is so that you are getting used to handling memory by yourself. Then you switch to rust and since you are used to handling memory your rust code is usually better quality.
Another reason I want to learn C is because I regularly have to work with Arduinos.
FWIW you can use C++ on Arduino.
Yeah, but I kinda dont want to learn/use C++
I don’t blame you. I have to use a professionally sometimes and I am not a fan. It’s an absolute behemoth of the language filled with warts and cruft.
Sometimes it is the best choice for a project, but I prefer languages with simple, orthogonal concepts.
it is good to learn C, even if you’re never gonna touch it again. It teaches you what other languages abstract away.
I’m the tech lead on a three-year-old project that’s entirely in C. It is my full time job to write C89.