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C++ is an absolute mess. But it's a fun mess, and I like writing in it :) Sometimes, that's important. My relationship with, say, Rust is much colder: I respe

by mort96 2y ago

C++ is an absolute mess. But it's a fun mess, and I like writing in it :) Sometimes, that's important. My relationship with, say, Rust is much colder: I respect Rust, I use Rust where I think it makes sense (especially in e.g professional contexts where I often can't defend the use of C++), and I think what it's doing is important. But I find it tedious to write, despite having a fair amount of Rust projects under my belt at this point. It's better in key ways, but not as enjoyable, for me.

scotty79 2y ago
Rust is fun for me but I keep it high level with Rc and built-in data structures. It's fun thinking about variables as little boxes of fixed size that values get moved into or out of. It's so different than almost any other language where stuff lies often god knows where and is referenced ad nauseam. Although that can be fun too if the language treats mutability as exception rather than a rule.