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Re:Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++ by Jweb_Guru on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:40PM (#21018593)
The Rust of ten years ago bears almost no resemblance to the Rust of today. Its history is interesting to people involved in the project, but it wasn't really used seriously until 1.0 was released.
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Re:Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++ by ChrisSD on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:03PM (#21018811)
I make it 9 years since the first release and 4 years since the first stable version (aka 1.0).

Either way it's a short time in which to gain acceptance anywhere near the level of C++ so it's not surprising it hasn't. Although companies (including Microsoft and some Google teams) are just starting to take it seriously.

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Re:Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++ by imtringued on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:05AM (#21025699)
It's not a short time. C++ is only 34 years old and back them there were fewer developers than today.
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Re:Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++ by hyperman1 on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:54AM (#21026666)
C with classes, which would be comparable to pre 1.0 rust, started in 1979, so 40 years ago. The first commercial C++ and the book were in 1985 and 34 years ago. I'd guess that's a good 1.0 milestone, comparable with rust's 4 years.
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