throwawayanonon
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Re:Rust 1.0: Scheduling the trains
on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:30PM (#8741838)
Rust will not replace C. Rust will merely exist.
Re:Rust 1.0: Scheduling the trains
on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:27PM (#8741824)
>1978 >1980 >1995
I take it you haven't programmed in C11 or C++11? Modern C exists and C is too ubiquitous to be replaced.
I'm all for new projects and new languages but I just don't understand the hype around Go and Rust as a C replacement.
Re:Rust 1.0: Scheduling the trains
on Friday December 12, 2014 @12:07PM (#8741247)
The C and C++ hate comes mainly from web developers and language hipsters. They dominate the echo chambers of HN and /r/programming.
When you mention you are a C programmer or like coding in C, they begin to blabber about C being legacy, Rust this, and Go that (languages they think are more like Python). All in an effort to cope with the insecure feelings they have because the C programming language and C++ (read: pointers) intimidate them.