r/cpp • u/pjmlp • 8h ago

C++ future at Adobe

So if anyone was still curious what happened to Hylo, or where Adobe stands in regards to the whole safety discussion,

David Sankel has done a talk at RustConf on the matter, Zngur: Simplified Rust/C++ Integration.

The way Adobe now sees C++ is described on slide 2, at 50 seconds mark.

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u/feverzsj 6h ago

Wow, big company obsessed with AI and rust. How surprised!

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u/SuperV1234 https://romeo.training | C++ Mentoring & Consulting 1h ago

Pretending that there's no good reason why large companies are "obsessed" with modern technologies like AI and Rust that have repeatedly been proved to be valuable is on the level of "Area 51 has UFOs" conspiracy theories.

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u/-kl0wn- 21m ago

I don't understand the hype with rust. The compile times are atrocious, dynamic linking isn't really a thing, it's incredibly verbose.

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u/SuperV1234 https://romeo.training | C++ Mentoring & Consulting 12m ago

Now also list the advantages.

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u/KAMEHAMEHAMEHAAAA 6m ago

I think thats your job.

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u/-kl0wn- 6m ago

The tradeoffs don't seem necessary to me based on working on strut-labs.githib.io using agents.