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> So Rust and Go are quite interesting. It's critically important that these languages remove "unsafe" features from something like C/C++, and lose almost nothing in the process.

I have no idea why people keep bringing up Go as a C++ replacement language. I feel any C/C++ programmers that see Go suitable for their needs, would have already moved on to Java or C#.

Can anybody explain to me what makes Go favorable to a C++ programmer?

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I agree. I saw mandatory GC in Go and ruled it out as a potential C++ replacement. Rust may be on the right track though.

Indeed. I was about to make a similar comment. I think this comes from the hype that surrounds Go, that it is a "systems" language. In reality, it is no more a "systems" language than Java. These days, it seems that Go lays somewhere between the Perl/Python/Ruby bunch, and Java. It is not a replacement for C and C++ in their domains (OS; kernels; file systems; embedded; high performance games; etc.). Rust is attempting to take on C++ in those segments, as you pointed out.

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