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> Rust will also never replace C or C++ in any meaningful way Not only do I disagree it never will, I think it's already well on its way to doing exactly that.
by junon 8mo ago
> Rust will also never replace C or C++ in any meaningful way
Not only do I disagree it never will, I think it's already well on its way to doing exactly that.
- LexiMax 8mo agoC? Never. I feel like that ship has sailed, it's too primordial and tied to too many system ABI's to ever truly go away. I think we'll see a lot of Rust or Zig replacing certain popular C programs and libraries, but I don't think C will ever go away. C++ on the other hand? Possibly, though I think that it's just as much because of the own-goals of the C++ standards committee as it is the successes of Rust. I don't really consider Zig a competitor in this space because if you're reaching for C++, you are reaching for a level of abstraction that Zig is unwilling to provide.
- junon 8mo agoThey said the same thing about Fortran, COBOL, etc. Still "around" but not the de facto.
- cv5005 8mo agoIs it? rust has to ditch llvm to be able to replace c++ - or rewrite llvm in rust.