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>I tend to think carefully.. What about a team? If you are leading a team of programmers, would you rather use Rust (where finding if the code is doing anythin
by babyrainbow 10y ago
>I tend to think carefully..
What about a team? If you are leading a team of programmers, would you rather use Rust (where finding if the code is doing anything unsafe using a simple grep) or C++ where finding dangerous code is a lot harder?
I think the point of using langauges like Rust and Haskell only comes into play when the development is done by a team. It is one thing to hope that every one in your team is as disciplined as yourself (including yourself on a bad day), and knowing for certain that the language won't allow bad stuff to happen...
- blub 10y agoDepends on the team. If they're not experienced writing safe C++, I'd go with a safer language (e.g. Java) or teach them if that's not possible. But this also depends a lot on the project, usually it's the case that C++ is the only option available. We can't start using any languages we want, we have to consider industry standards, resource availability and other constraints.