Herb Sutter on increasing safety in C++

I don't buy the idea that coincidentally we've stopped writing increasing amounts of software just after writing all this C++. If anything I think languages like Rust unlock further scalability in software engineering and so you might see even more Rust than there was C++ as it becomes practical for many to solve hard problems in Rust that today are just barely in reach of those with the most resources and best people, using C++.

Of course there will be C++ jobs for the foreseeable future, it won't be a worthless skill to have, maybe in ten or fifteen years a C++ maintenance gig pays off your house or allows you to retire early while a Rust job wouldn't have matched that because the skills are more common by then. But I'd rather be paid barely enough and be happy at work than be rewarded handsomely for something that's awful. Today I don't write Rust _or_ C++ at work but if you told me tomorrow we'll be writing C++ I would probably resign and if you told me we'll be writing Rust I'd question why (doesn't seem applicable for the problems we have or else I'd suggest it myself) but I'd be happy.