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Better C++ than Go or Rust. Antecedents and track record counts. Young people like the new thing. Go and Rust are capitalizing on that. Learn C. Take the time..
by jankedeen 9y ago
Better C++ than Go or Rust. Antecedents and track record counts. Young people like the new thing. Go and Rust are capitalizing on that. Learn C. Take the time..it takes a
couple years and some pain to learn it and then you will be amply rewarded. These languages (go|rust) are reactive and suffice for some purposes but they really kind of suck in every other possible way.
- SwellJoe 9y agoI'm old(ish), have worked professionally with C, and I think I have to disagree with you. Certainly, learn some C; it's the language on which all of our platforms are currently built. But, building new things in C? Nah. I don't see any reason for that. Since C was designed, we've ("we" as in our industry, not specifically me and you) learned a lot and our systems have grown massively in all dimensions. It would be optimistic to assume we don't need different tools 40+ years on.
- jankedeen 9y agoThis is common nonsense. Those people who have stake in new language push and disparage and those that have stake in the old contrast. It's the old 'not broken' argument but your emphasis are particularly egregious in association and I don't believe you have done any real work other than posting.