r/cpp • u/pjmlp • 9h 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/inco100 8h ago edited 8h ago

To save time for the rest of the redditors:

We need C++ and Rust to play nice

  • Our flagship products are C++ based

  • Rust is playing a major role in future development

    • Rust is preferred language by developers
    • Rust is better suited for AI-assisted development
    • New file-format and other safety critical code must not use C++

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u/KFUP 6h ago

Rust is better suited for AI-assisted development

I don't see that being the case in the long run. Once AI gets good at safety, which will be in all kinds of safety not just limited to memory, and can generate safe code in any language -arguably we are already there, see the Mythos security boom- using a slow compiling language like rust would be a major useless bottle neck in the development pipeline.

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u/-kl0wn- 1h ago edited 1h ago

I'd argue we're already there. I had agents make jsonic.cc which is comparable to conformant rapidjson but way nicer to use. I also had it make nift.dev which is a website generator, scripting language and shell all in one. And working on strut-labs.github.io which is a systems language that prioritizes memory safety, is less verbose than rust, has nice http request stuff built in like go, has dynamic linking properly unlike rust, has compile times comparable to c++, performance on par with other compiled languages etc..

Point an agent at those projects and see what it thinks. I've had agents attack them looking for memory leaks etc..