AI coding may hurt Rust too, as C's faster compiles win in agent loops
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to the claim that AI coding erodes Python's simplicity advantage in favor of Rust, a developer argues the trend also hurts Rust: in agent loops with frequent recompiles, C/C++'s faster compilation wins. He has AI write C/C++ with prompting constraints to avoid slow-compiling patterns, keeping C++ dependencies easy to pull in.
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