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Why Rust Isn't Killing C++


And a consideration for choosing a language

I’ve seen many people say not to learn C++ because Rust can do basically everything C++ can do but is much easier to work with and almost guaranteed to be memory safe. In reality, there’s a simple reason Rust won’t overtake C++ anytime soon: thedeveloper talent pool. I’d like to emphasize here that part of the job of a software engineer is to be able to pick up languages required for the problem they’re trying to solve.

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