Re:Zig VP of community comments on Rust
by chlorion on Sunday September 11, 2022 @12:59AM
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They aren't :)
The main thing I guess is dealing with C APIs in C++. You do have to use C APIs in Rust as well though, but maybe dealing directly with plain C APIs is less common because of how annoying it is. The only way to avoid that pain is to make a Wrapper library that exposes a more idiomatic and possibly "safe" interface. C++ can wrap C APIs just as well though.
I agree with you though, C++ has been doing RAII for a while and I'm not sure why people seem to think Rust invented it. Idiomatic C++ APIs and code are just as "automatic" as Rust for the most part!
The main thing I guess is dealing with C APIs in C++. You do have to use C APIs in Rust as well though, but maybe dealing directly with plain C APIs is less common because of how annoying it is. The only way to avoid that pain is to make a Wrapper library that exposes a more idiomatic and possibly "safe" interface. C++ can wrap C APIs just as well though.
I agree with you though, C++ has been doing RAII for a while and I'm not sure why people seem to think Rust invented it. Idiomatic C++ APIs and code are just as "automatic" as Rust for the most part!