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C++ does change too much, language (specifically in this level,python is okay to change) aren't suppose to be stable as much as possible ? every 2,3 year they l
by danieldk 11y ago
C++ does change too much, language (specifically in this level,python is okay to change) aren't suppose to be stable as much as possible ? every 2,3 year they literally add new language to existing C++.
Well, before people were complaining that C++ didn't change enough. The core language did not really change from 1998 to 2011 and that was showing. That said, I cannot really see what the complaint is about, since you can still program in C++ as if it's C++98 or C++03.
(I share most common critiques of C++ and think Rust is probably its replacement. However, it's a fact of life that there are major C++ codebases out in the wild and there will be for the next 50 or 100 years. So, it makes sense to evolve the language for such projects.)
- easytiger 11y ago> before people were complaining that C++ didn't change enough Mostly people who didn't use it.
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- AnimalMuppet 11y agoOn the contrary. It was precisely the people who did use it, and knew that what they wanted it to do would be so much easier if it just had reference-counted pointers... or move semantics... or...