Dev argues LLMs make full C++ rewrites cheap, ending the language's moat
mgostIH · x · 2026-10-01
- Developer mgostIH argues that thanks to LLMs there's no reason to use C++ anymore.
- His claims: any legacy codebase can now be rewritten at low cost, and a single engineer can build full backends for obscure architectures.
- He also notes an industry trend of pushing more and more verification to compile time. A notable opinion piece on how AI shifts programming language choices.
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