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Re:Modern C for C++ Peeps by int_19h on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:04PM (#34293403)
In terms of adoption by pre-existing large players in the industry, Rust is already ahead of where Ruby was at its hype peak. It's just not quite as shiny because that code is not running some web app that is immediately demo-able, but some boring OS infrastructure stuff.

Given the money already invested into internal tooling and infrastructure specifically for Rust, I just don't see those large companies suddenly dropping it. Regardless of how good the language itself is, the sunk cost alone makes it hard to turn ship. And the language is good, so it'll use that time to entrench itself further.

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Re:Modern C for C++ Peeps by moloch-hai on Sunday January 08, 2023 @12:54AM (#34296474)
They won't drop the language: whatever products depend on it will continue to depend on it. Unless hiring gets difficult; then they will transcribe it to a more mainstream language. In the meantime, language choice for new projects will be driven by experience hiring into these and other projects.

Other, newer languages will come up continually, siphoning off the most mobile who have begun to find Rust familiar and pedestrian.

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