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Identifying Barriers to Adoption for Rust through Online Discourse
Mon 5 Nov 2018 09:30 - 09:45 at Beacon Hill - Adoption & Programmer Perception Chair(s): Joshua Sunshine
Rust is a low-level programming language known for its unique approach to memory-safe systems programming and for its steep learning curve. To understand what makes Rust difficult, we surveyed the top Reddit and Hacker News posts and comments about Rust; from these online discussions, we identified three hypotheses about Rust’s barriers to adoption. We found that certain key features, idioms, and integration patterns were not easily accessible to new users.
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Mon 5 Nov
Times are displayed in time zone: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey change
08:30 - 10:00: Adoption & Programmer PerceptionPLATEAU at Beacon Hill Chair(s): Joshua SunshineCarnegie Mellon University | |||
08:30 - 08:50 Talk | Welcome PLATEAU | ||
08:50 - 09:15 Talk | Programming by example: efficient, but not "helpful" PLATEAU Mark SantolucitoYale University, USA, Drew GoldmanRoslyn High School, Allyson WeseleyRoslyn High School, Ruzica PiskacYale University, USA File Attached | ||
09:15 - 09:30 Talk | Observing the Uptake of a Language Change Making Strings Immutable PLATEAU Manuel MaarekHeriot-Watt University File Attached | ||
09:30 - 09:45 Talk | Identifying Barriers to Adoption for Rust through Online Discourse PLATEAU File Attached |