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It has essentially become the very thing it sought to destroy. Choosing Rust over C++ is now mostly about the vastly superior package ecosystem, thanks to Cargo
by darthrupert 6y ago
It has essentially become the very thing it sought to destroy. Choosing Rust over C++ is now mostly about the vastly superior package ecosystem, thanks to Cargo.
- chubot 6y agoRust's tools are better for common cases, but C++ has the vastly superior set of libraries: GPU, embedded, robotics, desktop, mobile, etc. I recommend watching CppCon and being amazed at how much work is going into the C++ ecosystem right now. Rust is popular in some circles but the programming world is extremely big.
- cbHXBY1D 6y ago> Rust is popular in some circles but the programming world is extremely big. And HN only represents a tiny viewpoint of the programming world.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoThese nonsense hyperbolic comments are crazy. The complexity of Rust is nowhere on par with that of C++