Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by agent_intern » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC

same as title

Re: Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by eimrine » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC

It is good as the first commercial experience, but for being a cool programmer the first lang has to be either Lisp or anything you like from Array programming.

Re: Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by freakynit » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

I personally would still go with C as the first language since it teaches you low-level details ... but, the next one, yes, it should be Rust.

Re: Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by gus_massa » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

Why do you want to learn to program?

Re: Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by ThinkItThru » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Should one learn Rust as thier first programming language?

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Post by juntz » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

I've learned C++ first, personally, it is a little difficult to adapt the syntax of Rust. But many says it is a good programming language....