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Rust: Proof of Concept, Not Replacement

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Re: Rust: Proof of Concept, Not Replacement

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The author says "skill issue" isn't a defence for Rust, but also says

"C/C++ (Experienced Developer)

Resource management is internalized. It's like driving a manual transmission - you don't consciously think about shifting gears, you just do it."

How is this not saying that C/C++ require highly skilled developers? Why is there not an equivalent "Rust (Experienced Developer)" section for those who internalise the borrow checker model and can use their freed-up cognitive powers for the same things the experienced C/C++ developer can? This is a double standard.

And like wow, CloudFlare had one outage where they messed up config file parsing. Good thing nobody coding in C++ ever shipped a bug that caused an outage!

I actually think I agree with a lot of the substantive criticisms this article makes of Rust, but man, it is so overstated and melodramatic.

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