Goodbye, Rust. I wish you success but I'm back to C++ (sorry, it is a rant) (old.reddit.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by BitSound@lemmy.world to c/rust@programming.dev

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[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago

Rust is already dramatically more popular and widespread than ADA ever was ( outside the US military ). Devs that use Rust say they love it. I do not believe that is the rule for ADA.

Rust is also very well suited to extending existing C and C++ code bases. I do not know enough about ADA to compare but it is my sense that it is not as strong there.

There is no ADA in the Linux or Windows kernels.

[-] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I suppose the DoD association probably turned off a lot of people... but the language lived up to its promise of being a strict schoolmarm so if that is what people are looking for these days it is still an option. It can link with C, not sure about C++.I am not sure what being in the Linux or Windows kernels says other than reinforcement of the popularity contest... Windows is proprietary, and Rust being in Linux is hardly controversy-free.

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts. I also found this:

https://blog.adacore.com/should-i-choose-ada-spark-or-rust-over-c-c#%3A%7E%3Atext=Rust+pushes+memory+safety+very%2CThese+are+just+two+examples.