Re: The Case for Rust (in any system)

On 9 Sep 2024, at 14:32, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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> David Chisnall writes:
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>> On 9 Sep 2024, at 12:24, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk <mailto:phk@phk.freebsd.dk>> wrote:
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>>>> What might that subset be?
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>>> Initially it will be "better C compiler", but then we will gradually
>>> allow more and more of C++ to be used.
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>> In my experience, the worst C++ code is written by people thinking in C. 
>> The second worst is written by people thinking in Java (or Smalltalk).
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> I dont disagree :-)
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> But it's either a gradual approach or "never" because a rewrite in toto wont happen.

I agree, incremental change is always better.  I just don’t want to encourage anyone to write C++ that looks like C, because that’s going to combine the frustrations people have with C and C++.  A gradual approach needs a simple step 1, but it also needs a step 2, and then a step 3, and so on.  

David