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I have to disagree. Rust is not even close to behemothness of C++.

• johnisgood 1y ago
  Perhaps, but it is definitely not a C replacement, but a replacement of C++.
  • vacuity 1y ago
    I think Rust primarily being a C++ replacement has been acknowledged ever since it was considered for use in Firefox.
    • steveklabnik 1y ago
      This whole idea of an "x replacement" doesn't make any sense in the first place. Language boundaries are not that strict. People say "Zig is a C replacement, Rust is a C++ replacement" but even Andrew Kelley himself says that Zig is a replacement for the C++ he was writing at the time. I work with a lot of C folks who never liked C++ who liked Rust.
      • johnisgood 11mo ago
        Then these languages' developers and/or vocal users should not have used it. Like you said, even Andrew Kelley said that Zig is a replacement for the C++. At the time. IIRC he kept going back and forth C and C++, although I may be wrong. I only remember him saying C++.
  • ekropotin 1y ago
    It’s hard to argue with that. However, I don’t see how it’s relevant to this particular discussion.