Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?

Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure's CTO, tweeted that "it's time to halt starting any new projects in C/C++ and use Rust for those scenarios where a non-GC language is required. For the sake of security and reliability. The industry should declare those languages as deprecated."

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Both languages are "memory-unsafe." They give developers fine-grained control of their application's memory, but with great power comes great potential for trouble. One memory snowball slip-up can lead to an avalanche of errors.

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Rust, on the other hand, is a memory-safe language.

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/28/is_it_time_to_retire_c/