On: Ask HN: Who is using C++ as the main language for new project?

[sshine]

> The standard library is definitely painful to use in places (streams, chrono, etc) but all things considered, I still prefer it to Rust.

Is that because you’re already into C++, or because Rust is hard to learn, or because Rust’s standard library is somehow painful, too?

[nmfisher → sshine]

Should have been clearer - Rust wins when it comes to the standard library, but I dislike the syntax and prefer C++ the language.

I think the relative ubiquity of C makes transitioning to C++ a lot easier. If you wiped my memory of the last 20 years of programming and forced me to learn both C++ and Rust from scratch, maybe I'd think differently.