And also you have to check the quality, not only quantity... yes, you get many people if you search "c++ developers" but how good are they?
I think people who are into Rust are very motivated, curious people, with some experience.
I would really like a study of that, btw :)
Re:C++20, How Hard Could It Be
by slaymaker1907 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:26PM
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As somebody who writes C++ for my job, I don't think the tooling is particularly good so it's funny to me when people talk about that. Languages like Java or Python have good tooling, but C++ is a dumpster fire in terms of tooling.
> ready to use tooling support
This really depends on the use case. If the tooling you're looking for is "Unreal Engine", then Rust is definitely not there yet. But if you want to write network services, databases, CLI tools, etc., I think Rust has been fully viable with good tooling and library support for years now.
> easy to hire if project expands
No doubt hiring experienced Rust developers is hard, because there aren't that many yet. But anecdotally, training Rust developers is much easier than training C++ developers. Rust makes it easier for one or a few experienced folks to have confidence that a larger number of less experienced contributors aren't introducing stability or security issues.