# Programming in Rust is Fun - But Challenging, Finds Annual Community Survey 

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Respondents to [the annual survey of the Rust community](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/02/15/Rust-Survey-2021.html) reported an uptick in weekly usage _and_ challenges, [writes InfoWorld](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3650531/rust-language-is-fun-but-challenging-survey.html):

_Among those surveyed who are using Rust, 81% were using the language on at least a weekly basis, compared to 72% in last year’s survey. Of all Rust users, 75% said they are able to write production-ready code but 27% said it was at times a struggle to write useful, production-ready code… While the survey pointed toward a growing, healthy community of “Rustaceans,” it also found challenges. In particular, Rust users would like to see improvements in compile times, disk usage, debugging, and GUI development…_

 
 _- For those who adopted Rust at work, 83% found it “challenging.” But it was unclear how much of this was a Rust-specific issue or general challenges posed by adopting a new language. During adoption, only 13% of respondents believed the language was slowing their team down while 82% believed Rust helped their teams achieve their goals._

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_Of the respondents using Rust, 59% use it at least occasionally at work and 23% use it for the majority of their coding. Last year, only 42% used Rust at work._  
From [the survey’s results](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/02/15/Rust-Survey-2021.html):_After adoption, the costs seem to be justified: only 1% of respondents did not find the challenge worth it while 79% said it definitely was. When asked if their teams were likely to use Rust again in the future, 90% agreed. Finally, of respondents using Rust at work, 89% of respondents said their teams found it fun and enjoyable to program._

 
 
 

As for why respondents are using Rust at work, the top answer was that it allowed users “to build relatively correct and bug free software” with 96% of respondents agreeing with that statement. After correctness, performance (92%) was the next most popular choice. 89% of respondents agreed that they picked Rust at work because of Rust’s much-discussed security properties.

_Overall, Rust seems to be a language ready for the challenges of production, with only 3% of respondents saying that Rust was a “risky” choice for production use._  
_Thanks to Slashdot reader [joshuark](https://developers.slashdot.org/~joshuark) for submitting the story…_