Rust Will Replace C++

If 4 things happen concomitantly

Rust rose as a contender for systems programming and C++ in the past years. There are good reasons for this: Rust is a modern language, providing a good toolset, simple syntax, and innovations that help reason about the code. The question of whether Rust will replace C++ is therefore on the minds of many programmers who would like to know where to invest their efforts for the future of their careers. We will look next at what makes Rust interesting and at what would need to happen for it to replace C++.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

• Why the competition?
• Core features of Rust
• Rust’s advantages
• Where C++ is better
• What C++ still needs