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Re:"Rust does not have a stable ABI" by jdub on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:25PM (#24152506)
If you think we could get this right in C (48 years old) and C++ (35 years old), don't you think we would have done it by now? :-)
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Re:"Rust does not have a stable ABI" by dependenttypes on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:39AM (#24157093)
No, people tend to be quick to create a new language in addition to lacking imagination and thinking that it is impossible to do in C.
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Re:"Rust does not have a stable ABI" by jdub on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:54AM (#24220022)
Too quick to create a new language?! Rust was started in 2006 and announced in 2010. Its improvements are based on research done before and after C/C++ existed.

If you're the only person smart enough to solve the $64B problem so everyone can start writing safe and backwards compatible code in C/C++, please, go right ahead.

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