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“C++’s only reason for existence is legacy GUI apps. If you’re not doing embedded stuff do yourself a favor and use something else.”
by mplewis 3y ago
“C++’s only reason for existence is legacy GUI apps. If you’re not doing embedded stuff do yourself a favor and use something else.”
- seabird 3y agoI would say this is largely true. C++ is incredibly fun and incredibly hard to wrangle. I think it's one of the most interesting ecosystems out there and you would have to do a lot of convincing to get me to start a new project in it. Everybody says they're going to be more disciplined this time, but after enough time, they remember the not-so-fun parts of the language. I'm not one of those freaks that has a fanatical drive to rewrite existing C++ software in Rust, but I do think it's something that's best avoided if you can help it.