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Re:Rust is the future, C is the new Assembly: Josh Triplett ... by fao_ on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:24PM (#20821911)
> That said: almost all your points apply to C++.

And nobody here said C++ was a good language. Actually, is it even considered a systems programming language?

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Re:Rust is the future, C is the new Assembly: Josh Triplett ... by jandrewrogers on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:56PM (#20822263)
C++ is absolutely a systems language and widely used for that purpose. Indeed, I would argue it is the primary use case for which it is well-suited these days. In 2019 there are few if any reasonable alternatives for writing software like high-performance database engines, so C++ essentially wins by default.
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Re:Rust is the future, C is the new Assembly: Josh Triplett ... by kllrnohj on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:49PM (#20822188)
> Actually, is it even considered a systems programming language?

Yes, absolutely. It's really not even under any sort of doubt at all..?

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