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Sure, that's the critique implied by C++ programmers quoting Bjarne: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses"

Except, we do complain about Rust (e.g. I think narrowing conversions should require TryInto or a specific call, not just 'as', and I don't think String impl Add<&str> is a good idea) it's just that we think the other options are far worse.




The intention is, in 2023, the original quote should be treated responsibly.

"Programming language like C, which is quirky, flawed, and should NOT be an enormous success" instead.




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