[chrismorgan]

I’m puzzled by your comment. I am expert in Rust for almost a decade, but only mildly conversant in C++, and have no interest in actively learning more C++.

Rust seems to me far easier to learn and get going in due in major part to its incontrovertibly superior standard tooling.

I can’t see any place for any meaningful difference in iteration speed between the two, save that you may well have to iterate more in C++ due to memory safety bugs the compiler doesn’t catch.

As for finding contributors, I get the impression that Rust is considerably more accessible, and thus will increasingly find contributors more easily, as people that just love programming will actively choose to learn Rust far more often than C++. (For the current state of affairs, I think it’ll depend on what sort of contributor you’re looking for, in skill, industry, paidness, &c. Some segments will certainly go one way, and others certainly the other.)

[cxr]

Iteration speed with both Rust and C++ is abysmal. Builds take for fucking ever on large projects and it's just slightly less bad for small-to-medium and medium-sized projects.

With Rust, though, it's as if someone looked at C++ compilation times (not to mention resource requirements) and said, "I think we can find a way to make it worse."

[actionfromafar]

Crystal says "hold me beer" :-D

But I still really like Crystal.

[ClawsOnPaws]

I have a hard time deciding where in this thread to drop this link, but maybe here is a good spot. Andreas has a video about this topic, and I believe it's this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZvTFoSIFU

[Koffiepoeder]

Published on April 1st 2022 ;-)

[ClawsOnPaws]

yeah, it's probably the wrong video. Sorry. :( I know it's there though. This question came up and I know there was an answer for it.