[burjui]

It doesn't. Most people complaining about "ugliness" of Rust are either too lazy to read documentation (which is great btw), or just don't like the syntax, because it doesn't resemble their favorite language[s]. Some have valid criticism, but they usually lay it out straight, sometimes in the form of a blog post, instead of vague "Rust is bad" statements.

[tomtheelder]

I like Rust a great deal and really enjoy using it, but I also think it's kind of ugly. Like I'm talking surface level aesthetics, purely subjective. I can't quite put my finger on why. I think it's to do with the heavy use of special characters?

[whateveracct]

i mean..don't act like it's impossible for someone to have a well-informed opinion that Rust is bad. It is an opinion and for some people, Rust is bad! I've given it multiple shakes and can't see myself using it. Don't like the values, the syntax, or the design.

it's just a fact that i can't imagine a situation where i'd use rust over haskell. I'd sooner generate a C program via Haskell eDSL than use Rust if I were to do embedded work, for instance.

And aside from embedded, Haskell clears Rust kind of comically if I lay out a matrix of what I care about in a PL.

[burjui]

It's not impossible. But if one says "Rust is bad", they better elaborate, unless their goal was to post a meaningless comment.

[Klonoar]

Nobody is saying you can’t have an informed opinion, you just have yet to explain what your opinion actually means.