Elon Musk on Rust vs C: 'C is what you use for optimal performance on bare metal'
elonmusk · x · 2026-11-11
Responding to a question about rewriting code in C/C++, Elon Musk joked about how easy it is to trigger Rust programmers, then argued that while Rust is a good language, C remains the choice for optimal bare-metal performance: "With great power comes great responsibility."
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