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minus-squareParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago So they should say that it is written with performance in mind. I don’t care how you achieved that. rust, c++, assembly, whatever. I care because performant and secure C++ is much harder to achieve while rust “shepherds” you towards it. See https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/its-not-what-programming-languages-do.html
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI don’t care how easy it is for the developer. And modern c++ is slightly harder than rust, but not all that difficult to get right with smart pointers and iterators etc.
minus-squareParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIf you care about your software being stable and secure, you should care about how easy the programming language used makes and encourages that. People aren’t robots and make mistakes often.
I care because performant and secure C++ is much harder to achieve while rust “shepherds” you towards it.
See https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/its-not-what-programming-languages-do.html
I don’t care how easy it is for the developer. And modern c++ is slightly harder than rust, but not all that difficult to get right with smart pointers and iterators etc.
If you care about your software being stable and secure, you should care about how easy the programming language used makes and encourages that.
People aren’t robots and make mistakes often.