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minus-squareLANIK2000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 hours agoThere’s been plenty of interop options between C++ and just about anything for decades. If languages like D, that made it piss easy, weren’t gonna change people’s minds, nothing can. Ditching C++ is the only way forward.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoInterop between Rust and C++ is pretty bad actually - I can understand wanting to avoid that. However I still agree. I can’t see opt-in mechanisms like this moving the needle.
There’s been plenty of interop options between C++ and just about anything for decades. If languages like D, that made it piss easy, weren’t gonna change people’s minds, nothing can. Ditching C++ is the only way forward.
Interop between Rust and C++ is pretty bad actually - I can understand wanting to avoid that.
However I still agree. I can’t see opt-in mechanisms like this moving the needle.