State of Rust Survey Findings - Rust Bytes

- Rust’s learning curve remains a barrier. Among the 358 respondents who don’t use Rust, 22 % called Rust “too difficult to learn,” with word-clouds full of “syntax,” “confusing,” and even “toxic.” - Compile times and disk usage remain major complaints: 17% say slow compilation is a serious problem, and 34% say it could be significantly better.