Re:Rust 1.1 Stable, the Community Subteam, and RustCamp
by danieldk on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:02AM
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It will be competing with .Net and Java, not with C and C++
I would formulate this a bit milder: many desktop applications are written in C++ and many system applications (e.g. UNIX command-line tools) could be written in Swift or Go. So, there are certainly areas where C++, Rust, Go, and Swift are or will be in competition.
Of course, if you require strong safety guarantees and the absence of a garbage collector, Rust is probably the only modern option.
I would formulate this a bit milder: many desktop applications are written in C++ and many system applications (e.g. UNIX command-line tools) could be written in Swift or Go. So, there are certainly areas where C++, Rust, Go, and Swift are or will be in competition.
Of course, if you require strong safety guarantees and the absence of a garbage collector, Rust is probably the only modern option.