Features of Rust compared with C++

Rust and C++ are compiled languages with support for the following.

• Variables
• Expressions
• Structures and types
• Enums
• Memory allocation
• Strings
• Collections
• Threads
• Error handling

In some cases these are done in an analogous or similar fashion, in others they are very different.

In some cases, C++ is the victim of circumstances. For example Unicode and encodings like UTF-8 are relatively recent compared to the language so support was retrofitted into the string types and can feel a little clunky. Whereas Rust was able to benefit from an elegant choice from the get go.