When a question is made comparing compiled languages like C++ and Rust, the typical generic answer comes: “Both are compiled languages with no/minimal runtime that let you write whatever the machine can do. So performance will depend on your writing, not your chosen language.”

Master Yoda

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A comparison between Rust and C++, highlighting their similarities in being compiled languages but showcasing the reasons why C++ is still a desirable coding platform compared to Rust.

Why I think C++ is still a desirable coding platform compared to Rust

<p>This guy’s whole argument is that rust has no UB, and that knowing what the compiler will do is bad, cause not optimized.</p>


<p>Well written article and quite interesting. I’m not familiar with C++ as I stopped using C after Engineering school but I understand why people might be relunctant to move to Rust.</p>
