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A comment on Ask HN: What is preventing rust from replacing c/c++?.

Re:Ask HN: What is preventing rust from replacing c/c++? by trelliscoded on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:42PM (#14793518)
Greenfield systems work by startups isn't really done these days. If it's not greenfield, it's probably already in c/c++. If it's not a startup, they probably already have a bunch of expensive c/c++ tooling (static analyzers, IDEs, CI systems, ...) that they aren't going to get in rust.
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Re:Ask HN: What is preventing rust from replacing c/c++? by mmstick on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:43PM (#14814690)
Rust has made major strides in the cryptocurrency industry. Cryptocurrencies are largely becoming powered by Rust, because with cryptocurrencies, there is no room for error.
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