Re:Two Years with Rust
by rapsey on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:32PM
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> I think to get good at a given systems language these days the effort is the same
Someone who has been proficient at something for a long time has a very difficult time getting into a mindset of a beginner. This is why I think you are completely wrong about this point.
> Rust has some nice-to-haves of course, but C++ has been able to grow up and evolve because of the rich feature-set the template meta-programming language has provided it.
C++ has not and can not hide all the hidden gotchas and complexities that it has accrued over the years.
Someone who has been proficient at something for a long time has a very difficult time getting into a mindset of a beginner. This is why I think you are completely wrong about this point.
> Rust has some nice-to-haves of course, but C++ has been able to grow up and evolve because of the rich feature-set the template meta-programming language has provided it.
C++ has not and can not hide all the hidden gotchas and complexities that it has accrued over the years.