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Re:The Two Factions of C++ on Monday November 25, 2024 @12:58AM (#42233636)
I'd guess that majority of such binary-only libraries use C ABI interfaces. The entire Windows ecosystem of COM modules works on top of C ABI's.
Re:The Two Factions of C++ on Monday November 25, 2024 @12:52AM (#42233612)
This is interesting because i'm writing quite a bit of embedded Rust, and i always run into limitations of very barebones const generics. I always wish they'd have half the expressiveness of C++ constexpr and templates.

Win some, lose some though, as the overall development workflow is lightyears ahead of C++, mostly due to tooling

Honestly i have a far easier time finding working no-std libraries for anything i need on embedded Rust compared to embedded C++. Arduino ecosystem is an exception, but that's not necessarily something i'd put in production