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by richard78459 2306 days ago
But the world is built on C++ and there are no alternatives for it. C is too low level and Rust has garbage collector which may not be fit for the domain C++ is suitable for. No alternatives in the domains where C++ shines.
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Rust has as much garbage collector as C++ has share_ptr. Put simply, it doesn’t have.
There is definitely more C than C++ running under the hood on most computers. C is the language where there are no alternatives if you ask me. Go is garbage collected and C++/Rust are both infinitely more complicated.
Ada 2012?

Perhaps no other _popular_ alternatives but still there are alternatives.