There's a lot of C++ in financial/trading: custom silicon is only used for the most rudimentary/simple/rote part of the system (think like packet parsing or tem

There's a lot of C++ in financial/trading: custom silicon is only used for the most rudimentary/simple/rote part of the system (think like packet parsing or templating your messages you send to the exchange). Many people are very interested in Rust right now for HFT: C++ is nothing but pain and causes tons of problems.