Modern C++ Won't Save Us

[throway]

On Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 15:18:50 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 12:32:25 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 06:46:40 UTC, bioinfornatics 
>> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> I am afraid it might be already too late by now,
>>
>> https://security.googleblog.com/2021/04/rust-in-android-platform.html
>>
>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/rust
>
> It's so strange to me that Rust is everywhere. Like, it's "ok", 
> but not really more than that. Also, productivity isn't really 
> great compared to D for example imo.
>
> What *is* a plus for Rust tho is the ecosystem, but maybe D can 
> improve there in time? *dreaming*

the biggest invention in static-typing is templates, you can 
forgive c++ for the ugly syntax and the shorcomings since they 
had no idea at the time, what excuse do the new languages have? 
rust looks almost as ugly as c++ and afaik only d got templates 
right. i have nothing against optional gc but knowing the 
code-generation powers of d plus RAII, you would think gc would 
be a secondary concern, because you finally have the tools to 
eliminate most of the memory issues that plagues c/c++.