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There was no reason to ever think otherwise. The experiment wouldn't have happened if he didn't want to try it and give it a certain amount of backing. He's b
by dralley 2y ago
There was no reason to ever think otherwise. The experiment wouldn't have happened if he didn't want to try it and give it a certain amount of backing. He's been pretty vocal about his motivations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88&t=6m07s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88&t=6m07s
- Symmetry 2y agoHe certainly didn't have any trouble keeping C++ out.
- miohtama 2y agoBenefits C Vs. Rust are much more impactful than C Vs C++
- Symmetry 2y agoOh certainly. And many fewer potentially dangerous complex corner cases than C++ brings.
- __s 2y agoAlso in that thread is Greg KH: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/2025021954-flaccid-pucker-f7d9@gregkh https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/2025021954-flaccid-pu... > C++ isn't going to give us any of that any decade soon, and the C++ language committee issues seem to be pointing out that everyone better be abandoning that language as soon as possible if they wish to have any codebase that can be maintained for any length of time.