Security News > 2020 > January > Developers weigh in on why Rust is so hot

While O'Grady identifies a few key selling points for Rust, Cliff Biffle's 2019 post goes one step further in illustrating why a C/C++ developer might fall in love with Rust.

He goes on to identify four other areas where Rust trumps C++:. The Rust tools and library ecosystem are fantastic.

The port revealed significant subtle bugs in the C++ code when the Rust compiler wouldn't let me do certain things...that turned out to be legitimately incorrect things to do.

Developer David Barsky is no less effusive in an interview, calling out, among other things, the ways that Rust improves developer productivity: "Cargo, the build tool and package manager, is one of the best build systems and package managers I've used. Rust also comes with excellent built-in documentation, and great, built-in unit, integration, and documentation testing." This, combined with Rust's superior performance make it a language worth getting to know.

If you've wanted to experiment with a systems language but have shied away due to perceived complexity, give Rust a try-it might be the open source upgrade on C/C++ you've been waiting for.

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