[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[Shea Levy]

Nothing's stopping you from starting the conversion. If it's clearly 
better, it will be a lot easier to convince people once you have actual 
code to show.

On 2015-12-30 20:30, stewart mackenzie wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:04 AM, jeaye <contact at jeaye.com> wrote:
>> As C++ devs, I think it's important that we consider using a safer, 
>> more
>> functional language everywhere we can. Rust does this very well, to 
>> the
>> point where me enumerating its benefits would be redundant. The 
>> point I
>> want to make is that, if there's ever a choice between C++ and Rust, 
>> and
>> some niche features like template meta-programming aren't required, 
>> Rust
>> is the safer, more modern option.
>
> In agreement.
>
> Adopting Rust turned out to be one of the better moves we made.
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