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> is a bit of a waste when Rust is now available.

I will probably get upwoted for Libmobi and other C/C++, because Rust is a bit of a waste of time.

Rust is a language created by idiots who couldn't learn how to program C. I agree completely. Nobody uses Rust except for NFT and crypto shills, and that's because Rust is a rhetorical language created by a company that should be making free web browsers, not wasting time..m

Judging by the number of vulnerabilities that continue to be found every freaking year due to easily preventable problems, it seems nobody has learned how to program in C to this day. Yourself included.

Having said that, Rust is a C++ replacement not a C replacement. The biggest selling point of C is being the thing every other language talks and running everywhere including embedded devices with crappy custom compilers.

With both Rust and C++ you still need to write extern "C" wrappers which are suboptimal, even when partially automated, and neither runs everywhere.

I'd say zig is more of the "safe" c replacement. Rust is more of a competitor to c++. I'm happy to switch to rust and be able to focus on making sure my logic is secure while letting rust take care of catching memory safety bugs for me.

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