> It’s definitely easier to reason about than C++
See... I don't think that's true, and argue the huge body of C++ code and talent in the ecosystem is an existence proof to the contrary.
I mean, sure, C++ has its crazy edge cases and its odd notions. But you don't need to understand the vagaries of undefined behavior, or the RVO, or move semantics to write and deploy perfectly sensible code. Literally hundreds of thousands of people are doing this every day.
Now, that may not be a convincing argument about the value of that code. But it's absolutely an argument about the utility of the language in aggregate.
I'll be frank: probably 40% of professional C++ programmers aren't going to be able to pick up Rust and be productive in it, at all. And at the end of the day a language for The Elite isn't really going to mean much. We've had plenty of those. Rust is the new APL, like I said.
See... I don't think that's true, and argue the huge body of C++ code and talent in the ecosystem is an existence proof to the contrary.
I mean, sure, C++ has its crazy edge cases and its odd notions. But you don't need to understand the vagaries of undefined behavior, or the RVO, or move semantics to write and deploy perfectly sensible code. Literally hundreds of thousands of people are doing this every day.
Now, that may not be a convincing argument about the value of that code. But it's absolutely an argument about the utility of the language in aggregate.
I'll be frank: probably 40% of professional C++ programmers aren't going to be able to pick up Rust and be productive in it, at all. And at the end of the day a language for The Elite isn't really going to mean much. We've had plenty of those. Rust is the new APL, like I said.