> It's not possible to port a millions line C++ code base, like Chrome, to another language so large C++ projects are stuck with objectively pretty bad language and are forced to continue to use C++ even though a better language might exist.
One good aspect about C++ is its backwards compatibility or stability. Also a drawback, but companies not having to spend huge amounts of time, expertise and money rewriting their whole codebases all the time is something they appreciate.
One good aspect about C++ is its backwards compatibility or stability. Also a drawback, but companies not having to spend huge amounts of time, expertise and money rewriting their whole codebases all the time is something they appreciate.
Rust is often somewhat stable, but not always.
https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/type-inference-breakage-in...
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/127343
300 comments on Github.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332176
Rust has editions, but it's a feature that it will probably take years to really be able to evaluate.
What kind of compatibility story will Carbon have? What features does it have to support compatibility?