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While certain teams within Google are using rust by default, I'm not sure rust is anywhere close in scale for new lines of code committed per week to c++.
by surajrmal 9mo ago
While certain teams within Google are using rust by default, I'm not sure rust is anywhere close in scale for new lines of code committed per week to c++.
- paavohtl 9mo agoFor Android specifically, by Q3 of last year more new lines of Rust were being added per week than new lines of C++: https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust-in-android-move-fast-fix-things.html https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust-in-android-move...
- surajrmal 9mo agoSure and android is a small part of Google. Everyone in ads, search, cloud are still predominantly c++ (or something higher level like Java). Rust is gaining momentum but overall it's still small.