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Discussion on: What Does C++ Do That Rust Doesn't?

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ShalokShalom

C++ is already known to the people. People are afraid if new stuff. Thats it

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Jussi Lind • Edited

Well...I tried to study Rust, but soon gave up. It's just too different and the ecosystem is not there. Has nothing to do with being afraid.

When talking about C++, people should realize that C++11 is completely different than the legacy C++. There's not much benefit in Rust in my opinion anyway.

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ShalokShalom • Edited

So you dont know the language and you think you can say it has no benefit to Rust, despite that industry legends say so and there is actual evidence for it?

100% guarantee of no occorance of the most security relevant issues is no benefit?

Increased understanding of how a proper memory management can look like neither?

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Jussi Lind • Edited

I have never had any issues with the "unsafe" memory management of C++. Rust advocates make it sound like every C++ application does nothing but crashes and leaks. Of course that's not the case. With RAII and smart pointers memory management is a non-issue.

Btw: zdnet.com/article/google-programmi...

Fuchsia supports C++ fully. Rust - not so much. This is one example of the ecosystem problem.

I'm not saying Rust doesn't have the features it has. They are just not that valuable FOR ME.