[anticrymactic]

> Just like C++ never killed C, despite being perfect replacement for it

I think c++ didn't replace C because it is a bad language. It did not offer any improvements on the core advantages of C.

Rust however does. It's not perfect, but it has a substantially larger chance of "replacing" C, if that ever happens.

[NetMageSCW]

I don’t agree that C++ is a bad language, though it has been standardized to death into a bad language. But the whole point is for C++ to not be worse than C while offering a lot more, which I think it does well. Of course, my last serious use of C++ was a little after release E…