Maybe they would compete on: >>the speed, quality of their optimization, static analysis, supported platforms if the C++ committee wasn't that "prolific" abou

Maybe they would compete on: >>the speed, quality of their optimization, static analysis, supported platforms if the C++ committee wasn't that "prolific" about adding yet new ways to do the same thing to the language. It sucks a lot of resources to implement that monstrosity and every 3 years or so there is a new set of toys to play with.