--- title: Rust's Ugly Syntax | daily.dev description: Rust's Ugly Syntax People complain about Rust's syntax, but they actually object to Rust’s semantics. In this slightly whimsical post, I’ll try to disentangle... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rust-s-ugly-syntax-apgmufgjc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rust's Ugly Syntax | daily.dev og:description: Rust's Ugly Syntax People complain about Rust's syntax, but they actually object to Rust’s semantics. In this slightly whimsical post, I’ll try to disentangle... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rust-s-ugly-syntax-apgmufgjc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aPGmUfGjc.png og:image:alt: Rust's Ugly Syntax og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rust's Ugly Syntax **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 4 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Rust's Ugly Syntax People complain about Rust's syntax, but they actually object to Rust’s semantics. In this slightly whimsical post, I’ll try to disentangle the two. The motivation for it is somewhat esoteric. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@shubhsharma19** · 0 upvotes > That syntax is the most beautiful piece of code, I have seen in my life :D ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-s-ugly-syntax-apgmufgjc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Rust's Ugly Syntax","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rust-s-ugly-syntax-apgmufgjc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rust-s-ugly-syntax-apgmufgjc"},"datePublished":"2023-02-03T17:40:38.516Z","dateModified":"2023-02-03T17:40:38.515Z","description":"Rust's Ugly Syntax People complain about Rust's syntax, but they actually object to Rust’s semantics. 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