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The more I learn C++, the more I can't stand it. Its ever-increasing complexity keeps being a distraction from the actual problem you're trying to solve.

• MaulingMonkey 10y ago
  I've reached peak loathing of C++ at this point. I can see why people would want to lock up the recursive template metaprogramming double barrled automatic shotgun. ...but I get confused by the people who do that, and then turn around to embrace C, the circus where people juggling the chainsaws of "faking templates with macros", "terrible build times", "yet more security vulnerabilities resulting from undefined behavior", "no C-standard defined threading / async support until C1X", and more. It's common, but I don't get it.
  • Joeri 10y ago
    Well, people like C because it contains less language features and therefore is simpler. The error is thinking that simple and easy are the same thing. C is fiendishly difficult to write correctly.
• hellofunk 10y ago
  Yes, but the distractions of C are just as inconvenient, though wholly different. The amount of extra low-level work you must do in a C program considerably adds to the time you need to make it work, time that could be spent thinking about more interesting things. I'd rather reach for a C++ vector and just let it manage the memory for me (or unique_ptr or many other easy tools) while I'm crafting my program logic then spend a nontrivial fraction of my time making sure my memory handling is correct.
• Koshkin 10y ago
  But the same can be said about mathematics, for example. While true, such statement is only saying something about the process of learning; it does not mean that C++ (or mathematics) is badly designed, useless, or is not worth learning. When you are just learning, of course you tend to be more focused on the subtleties of the subject itself rather than on its applications. Which is not to say that it is a good idea: it is through application that you begin to understand and fully appreciate the subject.