The post-gcc 2.95 C++ ABI breakage was pretty suck, though.
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And please don't misinterpret my criticism as intentional FUD.
I work on $MAJOR_OS and am achingly tired of writing C, so I keep my eye on Rust as one possible salvation, once it's had time to mature.
It's just a very hard sell when there's no ABI stability, we're talking about code that's expected to last for decades, etc.
The post-gcc 2.95 C++ ABI breakage was pretty suck, though.
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And please don't misinterpret my criticism as intentional FUD.
I work on $MAJOR_OS and am achingly tired of writing C, so I keep my eye on Rust as one possible salvation, once it's had time to mature.
It's just a very hard sell when there's no ABI stability, we're talking about code that's expected to last for decades, etc.