Re:Rust-GPU: Making Rust a first-class language and ecosyste...
by papaf on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:36AM
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Rust is going to beat both of these languages.
I think looking at this as a battle is not helpful to understanding the situation. In order to supplant C/C++, Rust (and Rust programmers) will need to operate in harmony with the existing ecosystem for decades.
This interoperability means that Rust programmers will need to also be good C/C++ programmers. Its not a binary OR, its more like diffusion.
Just as an example, the primary (or earliest) use of Rust is in Firefox. But Firefox is still a C++ project.
I think looking at this as a battle is not helpful to understanding the situation. In order to supplant C/C++, Rust (and Rust programmers) will need to operate in harmony with the existing ecosystem for decades.
This interoperability means that Rust programmers will need to also be good C/C++ programmers. Its not a binary OR, its more like diffusion.
Just as an example, the primary (or earliest) use of Rust is in Firefox. But Firefox is still a C++ project.