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A comment on Prefer Rust to C/C++ for new code. Parent comment
> I’ve been using C since about 1993, and C++ since 2002..
> ..I later put a lot of energy into talking other teams at X into using C++, rather than straight C, for their firmware.
So a charitable reading of the flawed phrase "C/C++" would be C and C++, and the author clearly knows both well to back up his assertions.
All in all, I found the title a fair statement to make, he does offer plenty of reasons and even alternatives.
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> I’ve been using C since about 1993, and C++ since 2002..
> ..I later put a lot of energy into talking other teams at X into using C++, rather than straight C, for their firmware.
So a charitable reading of the flawed phrase "C/C++" would be C and C++, and the author clearly knows both well to back up his assertions.
All in all, I found the title a fair statement to make, he does offer plenty of reasons and even alternatives.