I agree to you. There whole C++ thing is too unnecessarily complex.

In order to just compile a single Hello world program, you need to install the standead library, a linker and a compiler, each with their own version.

There is too many ways that compilation could fall, and fixing them requires extensive knowledge about different aspects, like how linker works, how is C++ standardized, etc.

The error message you got is really unhelpful. Missing a virtual keyword in a destructor, and you got a few hundred lines of error message and none of them mentioned "virtual". Segment fault is hard to trace because you do not have any error message at all.

Rust is just a lot simpler because it remove/abstract away lots of complexity. Just install Rust with rustup and it will just work. Error message is pretty helpful too.

Isn't it being used in large enterprises now? Or do you mean specific projects in large enterprises. IIRC rust is being used in the bluetooth stack for Android, and to power services like https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to..., plus various parts in Meta and at Microsoft. It's likely gonna be in chromium https://security.googleblog.com/2023/01/supporting-use-of-ru... and perhaps even in the Linux kernel someday.

It's also part of fuchsia which is shipping in all those nest devices. I wonder when folks will decide it's really "made it".

"much" being the operative word. I know it's being used in large orgs, but it's not super widespread. Definitely not as widespread as C++.

of course it's not as widespread as C++. I definitely wouldn't think that.

As a young (enough) programmer, I'm keenly learning C++. Not because I love the language though, but because I am interested in game development, specifically in Unreal Engine for now.