'Go' is to Rust, as C is to C++ [video]

[Macrobius]

If you care, just an awesome rant.

tl;dr - system programming is not application programming.



Also, I would add, that the reason C is unstoppable (Adam Beck pointed this out) is because while CISC chips are ubiquitous, they are not optimal. We use CISC and GPUs for the same reason -- commodity chips are for GAMERS... not for Scientists, not for LLM, not for running LISP fast.

Low level programming (systems, AIs) is what make games run faster. Nothing more, nothing less. Basic economics.

The market giveth, and the market taketh away.

 

[ultright]

Also, I would add, that the reason C is unstoppable (Adam Beck pointed this out) is because while CISC chips are ubiquitous, they are not optimal.

IMHO the new languages are just career protection for the new generation of coders who are basically web designers. They're all inspired more by Visual Basic and Java than they care to admit.