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Re:Ask HN: Will Rust be as popular as Go or C++? by PaulHoule on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:08PM (#15296021)
I would like to be a believer in a "C replacement" which is safer, but I see people struggling to do simple things in Rust and am skeptical.
Re:Ask HN: Will Rust be as popular as Go or C++? by oconnor663 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:00PM (#15296552)
Definitely true. The "angel's advocate" way of putting it is that C lets you write code relatively quickly that appears to work but is actually undefined behavior in subtle cases that are difficult to test. Though for someone learning the language and mostly coding small examples, "correct in all cases" might not matter very much, and it can feel super frustrating.