alt Hacker NewsThings like this are why I don't get when anyone calls Rust "more difficult than C++". I don't think I've ever encountered a more complex and cumbersome language than C++.
Things like this are why I don't get when anyone calls Rust "more difficult than C++". I don't think I've ever encountered a more complex and cumbersome language than C++.
Rust types can be very verbose, RefCell<Optional<Rc<Vec<Node>>>>
And lifetime specifiers can be jarring. You have to think about how the function will be used at the declaration site. For example usually a function which takes two string views require different lifetimes, but maybe at call site you would only need one. It is just more verbose.
C++ has a host of complexities that come with header/source splits, janky stdlib improvements like lock_guard vs scoped_lock, quirky old syntax like virtual = 0, a lack of build systems and package managers.