Re:I think C++ is still a desirable coding platform compared...
by Yoric on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:42AM
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That's a lot of boilerplate code, scaffolding and additional instrumentation. In fact, much of my experience with C++ is at Mozilla, which does all of that and more. And still needs a team dedicated to recording and investigating crashes.
That's the reason for which Mozilla (and now some of the developments at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon) has started moving to Rust a while ago.
Also, I've written it somewhere else, but I'm going to repeat it:
> which practically never crashes because of memory problems
When you have memory issues, crashes are the lucky case. The common case is random memory corruption.
That's the reason for which Mozilla (and now some of the developments at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon) has started moving to Rust a while ago.
Also, I've written it somewhere else, but I'm going to repeat it:
> which practically never crashes because of memory problems
When you have memory issues, crashes are the lucky case. The common case is random memory corruption.