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Re: "A Call to Rediscover the Spirit of C++" [message #61793 is a reply to message #61792]

Sun, 07 September 2025 08:24

Oblivion
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Registered: August 2007

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Quote:

"Ohhh, Rust," Kernigham said, to audience laughter.

Link of the talk: https://youtu.be/WEb_YL1K1Qg?si=3ZvhljHhjbxTpiav&t=3742

I tried to write stuff in Rust several times. It wasn't bad (except for the compilation part Laughing

), but it really has a overly convoluted and strange syntax (at least for me).
It really has a nice solution (borrow checker) for a subset of coding errors.

However, I think many people observe the same thing: If you're not going to rewrite everyting by yourself (which is a PITA by itself), you need to use crates (similar to U++ packages). And the more you use the crates the more you get "unsafe" code all around. So it gives a false sense of security, which is IMO even dangerous.

Best regards,
Oblivion

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