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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 14:23:24 JST nixCraft 🐧

   If Rust Lang is so good, why do Google and Apple still hire new C++ developers? :thinkerguns:

   • wbftw (wbftw@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 14:26:17 JST wbftw

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     @nixCraft to maintain existing c++ code-bases

   • Captain Dragon (captaindragon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 14:44:42 JST Captain Dragon

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     @nixCraft It wont happen over night, but it will happen.

   • Kelvin Shadewing (kelvinshadewing@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 14:53:52 JST Kelvin Shadewing

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     @nixCraft Legacy code needs maintenance.

   • Jonathan M. (hstone32@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 16:12:12 JST Jonathan M.

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     @nixCraft because no matter how hard they try to make it so, not everything can be memory safe. At some point, the only memory safety you have are your own skills.

   • Erklärbär (erklaerbaer@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 17:10:07 JST Erklärbär

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     @nixCraft Deutsche Bahn was looking for a Windows 3.1 admin. Legacy drives the world.
     Mainframes are still running our planet, air control, banks, … So C++ is really modern for many

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 19:23:27 JST Freevolt

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     @nixCraft Probably the same reason why people still use CISC CPUs (Intel, AMD, ...) when RISC CPUs are technically better in pretty much every way.

   • words_number (words_number@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 19:28:15 JST words_number

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     @nixCraft Are you again searching for an excuse for not learning Rust? I'm sorry, there is none 😛