All these C++ "successors" that do nothing but change the syntax sugar and find ways to operate with C++ are really tiring to read about.
I seem to be the only one on the planet that doesn't think the language needs to be replaced.
I seem to be the only one on the planet that doesn't think the language needs to be replaced.
All the time, it is C++ these companies use for these apps, especially having millions of users and generating multi-millions or hundreds of millions of dollars.
All the time, it is Fortran the government uses for these apps,..."
I vacillate as to whether the best response is: "Who cares?" or "give it time"? First, if C++ actually is better for GUI apps, then more power to C++ (do you have some evidence this is the case?). That doesn't mean their aren't other niches to fill for other languages, like Rust. Next, Rust is a relatively new language. It may end up that it's really great for GUI apps, but again it doesn't have to be. It can be great at other things.
I'm personally excited to see how all those languages will influence each other!
Then your beef is with the GP?
I'm also pretty certain we shouldn't be that pedantic about the word "replacement". Perhaps it's fine for a thing to be a "replacement for the GP" (which I think he/she is pretty clear about) or a "replacement for many uses" or for "all new uses", without being a "complete replacement"?
What's getting so weird about about the tenor of the current anti-Rust backlash is that 1) when the discussion turns to safety, it's "Hey, dude, don't harsh my buzz", but 2) when the discussion turns on the what the person meant, the Rust community's well-founded enthusiasm is interpreted in the harshest, most uncharitable, light.
In which world has Rust replaced C++?
Although I still think it should be possible to make some things obsolete in C++. The technical debt is real, and the language can hardly improve if old codebases are slowing down the evolution of the language.
I already wrote several times that I would like a new C++-like language, but without the complexity of C++. D, zig and rust are fine but they're not simple languages to use. I want the nice things of C++ (string, a few containers, a bit of syntax sugar, the most useful std stuff), with enough simplicity from python or C.
I just use the simple parts of C++, and I only want those parts. I just want the KISS simplicity. Carbon is not that, neither is rust zig or D.