There are plenty of valid things to critique about Rust but the anti-Rust takes I see on this site are so weird and lowbrow. Totally detached from what it's actually like to write Rust day-in day-out (and why it's been so successful).
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Give us an example of Rust being so successful and explain why it could not have been done on C/C++.
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For one, I'm certain that I never would've built ruff or uv if C/C++ were my only options.
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Replying to @charliermarsh @minofopts
I didn't know Rust, C, or C++ coming into those projects. And only Rust had the tooling / community / ecosystem to make it possible for me to learn to build something on that scale from nothing. It made this kind of work accessible to me. I wouldn't have even tried with C/C++.

Nov 3, 2025 · 2:29 AM UTC

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> I wouldn't have even tried with C/C++. This is what bugs me. This position is not that different from that of Rust haters.
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Replying to @charliermarsh @minofopts
Cargo is the best tool i've used for adding dependencies and CMake is the worst. this is the #1 reason i use Rust over C++
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I can't imagine developing anything without a package manager
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Nobody's been ever interested in rewrites in the C++ area. Maybe they are more of the creative type.
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