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by klodolph 822 days ago
I can think of a few scenarios for C++ off-hand. Most of them involve integrating with libraries or frameworks that are written in C++, running on platforms that have good C++ toolchains, or working with verification systems that can process certain C++ or C subsets.
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User3456335 822 days ago
Yes, but all of these are essentially all because the existing code is already based on C(++). We should be able to move to Rust sooner than people think.
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klodolph 822 days ago
Should ≠ will.

We still have Fortran and Cobol. It’s easy to imagine that Rust will replace C++ Real Soon Now, because you just have to imagine that all of the legacy code disappears, and Rust gets all the tooling support that C++ has.

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