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Only on Hackernews would somebody be surprised that high-performance system software would be written in C++...
by krapht 5y ago
Only on Hackernews would somebody be surprised that high-performance system software would be written in C++...
- masterof0 5y agoYou read my mind. LOL. "Mr. Developer, can you please write your project in Rust, or __insert_your_meme_language_here__, or Javascript?"
- ethelward 5y agoFromthe mouth of CockraochDB's CTO: ‶So if we were starting at this point in time, I would take a hard look at Rust, and I imagine that we would pick it instead of C++.″
- masterof0 5y agoIt was a joke, to capture the sentiment here in HN. Rust is awesome, and most people know it. My point was that people will focus more often on which language is used, rather than the technical design, performance, etc...
- fbernier 5y agoWasn't that from the ScyllaDB CTO ?
- ethelward 5y agoIndeed, you're right.
- void_mint 5y agoRight, meaning, no, the CTO would not be "surprised" that C++ was a candidate for a high performance system. C++ is the defacto, and Rust would be a "new" option.