Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die

Re:Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die by steveklabnik on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @11:38AM (#9532546)

> C++ is a subset of C, not the other way around.

This is not true, the two languages have diverged: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_of_C_and_C%2B%2B

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Re:Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die by Alupis on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @11:46AM (#9532588)

You are right, they have diverged. However my initial statement was/is true, as C++ started as a subset of C (even though the two are totally incompatible for all non-trivial programs today).

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Re:Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die by dorolow on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @11:57AM (#9532655)

No it's not. You're confusing superset and subset.

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