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by anyfoo 1512 days ago
I agree, and let's not even start with operator overloading. Rust on the other hand seems to be a safe but also rather explicit language (a good thing not just for system programming).
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Yeah the list really does go on… the number of high powered foot guns is truly terrifying
I am talking about Rust, not C++
I was agreeing with the comment I replied to, who assessed that Rust was the less "magic"-y language.
it is not less magicy, rust is more magicy. which is why i don’t want it and why i think we don’t need it. a new language cannot abstract you from the machine or OS you write software for.