- Published on January 17, 2023
- In AI Features
Old Wine, New Bottle: Rust Copies C, C++, Topples Legacy’s Crown
Replacing C is blasphemy for most coders, but Rust might make it happen.
- By Anirudh VK
C and C++ are among the most pervasive programming languages in the software industry today, with over 6.3 million developers using the language to code just about everything. Now, there is another language that has proven to be a worthy competitor to C and C++; Rust.
Developed by a Mozilla Research employee Grayson Hoare, Rust has grown into its own over the past 15 years of its existence. From being picked up by tech giants like AWS, Meta, and Atlassian to supporting Web3 ecosystems like Ethereum and Solana, Rust is quickly becoming a superstar in the development world.
Moreover, the language has also been voted as the most-loved programming language in Stack Overflow’s Developer Survey for the past seven years. But what makes this language so loved and powerful and does it
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Anirudh VK
I am an AI enthusiast and love keeping up with the latest events in the space. I love video games and pizza.
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