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Rust really felt like a language that has taken the decades of "lessons learned" and the all-stars features of many many languages and neatly packaged it as an
by hatsunearu 4y ago
Rust really felt like a language that has taken the decades of "lessons learned" and the all-stars features of many many languages and neatly packaged it as an ambitious replacement to C/C++ starting from scratch.
- Argorak 4y agoI've heard someone once say "if Rust is a criticism of C++, it comes from a position of respect" and that was definitely true in the early days of the programming language. Interestingly though, I take the stance that Rust is much closer to C than C++.
- Hemospectrum 4y agoI like to put it this way: C++ was supposed to be a "better C," and Rust is a better "better C" than C++.