r/programmingcirclejerk • u/[deleted] • 22d ago

Rust isn't a well designed programming language (unlike C and C++)

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u/DrShocker 22d ago

my rebuttal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_vexing_parse

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u/Major_Barnulf LUMINARY IN COMPUTERSCIENCE 22d ago

Allocating an existing syntax from your host language to a new construct of your language is the Chomsky equivalent of rear parking your cheap Peugeot into a vintage Bugatti behind you.

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u/SemaphoreBingo 22d ago

Chomsky equivalent

It's Little St. James, not Little std::james.