Rust officially credits many languages including C++: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html F

Rust officially credits many languages including C++: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html First Mozilla introduction of Rust states: > Rust is a language that mostly cribs from past languages. Nothing new. http://venge.net/graydon/talks/intro-talk-2.pdf http://venge.net/graydon/talks/intro-talk-2.pdf (I recommend reading the slides — they're great!) so whoever is accusing C++ of "stealing" Rust ideas is uninformed about C++ and Rust.