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> To me Rust is more a C++ replacement than a C replacement Precisely. Rust is what C++ would be if it didn't need to be backwards compatible (though I'm not a

by beojan 8y ago

> To me Rust is more a C++ replacement than a C replacement Precisely. Rust is what C++ would be if it didn't need to be backwards compatible (though I'm not a fan of some of the syntax choices in Rust). Unfortunately, there's a reason C++ needs to retain backwards compatibility and its for that reason that Rust isn't going to replace C++ anytime soon. > That's what they mean, they love C because you can't really do OO with it. Until they invent GObject or one of the other OO on C libraries. The anti-C++ sentiment is more because compiler support was really quite dire until fairly recently (C++ 11).

nine_k 8y ago
The good thing about no-runtime languages is that you can mix modules written in them, within reason. So Rust can make inroads into existing C++ code bases where it makes sense faster than we think, without replacing C++ wholesale for a long time. Firefox itsef is likely such a codebase.
- beojan 8y ago
  That's harder than you would think due to name mangling. Basically they can only talk to each other through a C interface.