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Re:Ask HN: Are there many C developers here? by Forgret on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @09:28AM (#45181646)
I'm afraid that Rust will replace C/C++ in everything.
Re:Ask HN: Are there many C developers here? by cpach on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:24PM (#45185265)
In theory it could happen, but even so it would take years. There’s just so much C code out there. Stuff like Linux, Nginx, Apache, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, QEMU, etc etc.
Re:Ask HN: Are there many C developers here? by ActorNightly on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:40PM (#45185507)
Absolutely not.

C has the advantage of being an extremely small language in terms of syntax, which means its incredibly easy to port it to any architecture. Whenever you build a chip and want to program it, writing an LLVM backend for it with optimizations is almost trivial (assuming you understand the core concepts).

Rust has a lot more things to consider in the compiler, which leads to slow adoption, and also its more cumbersome to program in.