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Discussion on: Help me decide a language for Advent of Code

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jeikabu • Edited

I'm a huge proponent of Rust, but I'd actually advise against it in this case.

It's got a moderate learning curve that might be frustrating to start immediately solving different problems every day. It's more of a "marathon" language, when you're trying to do sprints.

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rhymes

I'm a huge proponent of Rust, but I'd actually advise against it in this case.

Yeah, I noticed. Although the day one was easy enough for me to find a solution to in Rust, I can sense it's going to be harder and harder if I don't know the language at all.

It's more of a "marathon" language, when you're trying to do sprints.

Great analogy. I'll also try today, then I'll remove it from the list (I haven't decided yet between Clojure and Elixir hahaha)