Stop Comparing Rust to C and C-with-classes!
Quick rant. Stop comparing Rust to C!
I saw too much comparsion on the internet about why C is unsafe and Rust is safe. True. But they are NOT even the same class of language. C is minimal. The compiler is easiy to write. And nicknamed "portible assembler" for how low level it is. Rust on the other hand is a big, compilicated language with many features. And a massive standard library. It's not even close. Here's a short list of features Rust have but C does not.
- Generics
- Traits
- Pattern matching
- Containers
- Reference counting
- Object oriented programming
- First class functions
- Multithreading primitives
- Slice
- Resizible string
C++ is a much fairer comparsion. However, it is not C-with-classes, not in the past decade. It supports most Rust does support. With the noticible exception of the borrow checker, context free grammar and a built-in build system. Also, no one is using raw pointers in C++ anymore. Complaining about how that's unsafe if just outdated. No one writes this in 2023
Label* label = new Label();
label->setText("Hello World");
Instead we do this
auto label = std::make_unique<Label>();
label->setText("Hello World");
Please stop. Make arguments that are actually valid.

Martin Chang
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