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Had C++ standed still, yes.

Except that now there is vcpkg, conan, prefab (on Android) and contrary to cargo,they support binary libraries, meaning I don't have to build the world every time I start a new project.

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Conan and vcpkg are not even remotely standardized on in the C++ community, and C++ teams I've worked on/with recently wouldn't use either of them, preferring raw CMake only. That said, if the whole community could really get behind one of them and throw immense support behind it for several years, it would probably be possible to largely solve this problem for C++.

Those on Microsoft world will need to get used to vcpkg, no matter what, because that is how Microsoft is now delivering some of their C++ libraries.

C++ has had ages to solve this problem, vcpkg and conan are still a ways away from the simplicity of cargo.

Doesn't support binary libraries? I don't really care considering everything else I get, I'm sure they'll support that in the future.

Cargo is only simple if one is doing FOSS with Rust only code.

Speaking of modern landscape where is a Rust IDE comparable with VS, C++ Builder, QtCreator?

Cargo supports non-public package repositories, not sure what you’re referring to here?

You got a similar response in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24038376

They are complaining about no support for binary-only crates, which is not cargo's fault, but rather Rust's lack of stable ABI.

Ah. With decompilers these days, what’s the point? I only want that for the potential speed of overall compilation benefits.

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