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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by mav3ri3k on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:41PM (#41477836)
I am sorry. I really don't see your point. Typescript is in a completely different league of languages than rust/c/c++ with vastly different use cases.

Also, the world still mostly speaks C99 when iterative improvements are constantly being made up to C23.

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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by zeroCalories on Sunday September 08, 2024 @12:04AM (#41478136)
The point is that Typescript was able to replace JavaScript by adding to it. Converting a codebase from js to ts was simple. Going from C++ to Rust is not.

I think C23 is going in the right direction, but it needs to go further.

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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by drawfloat on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:57AM (#41478467)
Typescript isn’t a separate language though, nor does it replace Javascript, you’re comparing apples and oranges.
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