Comment by quotemstr
8 years ago
The C++ rationale is bizarre. That a 2008 compiler doesn't provide modern features is unsurprising. They've chosen to use Rust is a strange reaction to this limitation, since it would be just as easy, from a toolchain perspective, to just use a modern C++ compiler.
One big advantage of rust is that (while some people won't like this), rust assumes you won't install it from your package manager, but download a script which installs it in your home directory. This script is quick and easy.
Trying to install a c++ compiler from source (and I've done it several times) is a much less plesent experience, so most people stick with what their package manager provides.
Language features aside, Rust is a lot nicer to work with because it has cargo and using libraries is no longer a pain.
Depends which libraries we are talking about, try to use GUI libraries from Rust.
That isn't fair, all languages besides JS+HTML+CSS have issues with GUI libraries. Either you go Electron/webview or you have to deal with Qt/GTK for cross-platform GUI.
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