The Virgin Rust vs Chad C++

The virgin rust Weird, cult-like rituals Tries to encourage good practices, ends up feeling restrictive instead Constantly clattering about "safety", treats the programmer as a child Basically a slower and crappier C++ Has an unironic policy on trolling More manpower is directed towards moderating the "community" than actual development Cringy code of conduct meant to make newcomers and veterans feel welcome Devs actually spend time changing or removing pronouns in code because of fear of many pushback 46% of userbase identifies as non-binary; 35.8% are nurses who don't even code Vocal social media presence Would die off in a few seconds were it not for the autistic siblings by deranged devs THE Chad Single letter name, instantly recognizable Impossibly simple syntax used in various creative ways to produce incredible results Can be learned in a week Makes programming actually interesting Blame fast, like, basic Runs on anything Object oriented programming, it's for kids All other languages copy it, always end up as hollow shells (see rust) Takes decades to master Literally 0 bloat Errors are always the fault of the programmer Throws out random warnings as a joke Used to program cool robots Thad C++ Evil twin of C Adds random features every couple of years to trip up user codes Unironically hard as hell to use it Super fast (slower than C tho) The premiere language for making fun games Object oriented paradigm makes sure all code you write will be an indecipherable classfuck Everything rust is, to be, but better Aura of superiority from all who use it Everyone hates it, doesn't give a fuck Makes programming exciting with ease and hard to interpret error messages Weird, cult-like incubator, but in an endearing way

A three-panel Virgin vs Chad comparison contrasts Rust with C++ and presents C++ as the superior, powerful, fast, chaotic programming language. Rust is mocked for its restrictive safety culture, community drama, and perceived verbosity, while C++ is praised ironically for its speed, complexity, lack of bloat, and incomprehensible error messages. It is shared as a humorous reaction by programmers debating programming languages and mocking language tribalism.

• @right_wing_dev_squads / 2076 2021-07-03