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That's the point: C++ allows to go pretty high on the abstract side, but it gives all the tools to map how the high level abstractions are implemented on the lo
by Iv 9y ago
That's the point: C++ allows to go pretty high on the abstract side, but it gives all the tools to map how the high level abstractions are implemented on the low level side.
- pjmlp 9y agoI think that while it is true, and I am a big C++ fan, given it was my path after Turbo Pascal, exactly because I am a fan of Wirth and Xerox PARC languages I also know there are better paths. An example is the work being done in .NET Native, C#'s roadmap up to 8 picking up Midori's work, D, Swift, Java 10 and so on. C++ got this position, because the others stop caring about those issues. Now that they finally started caring about them, lets see what the future holds.
- Iv 9y agoOh like I said I have a love-hate thing with C++. Nowadays I mostly do C# and python, with a bit of Java. I only rely on C++ when I have to do brutal per pixel computer vision algorithms. In most cases you can rely on libraries to do the heavy duty (and then I stick to python or C#) but sometime you have to take the big C++ hammer and try to not hit your fingers with it.
- pjmlp 9y agoI see, that is similar to me. I spend most of my time nowadays between Java and .NET languages, with some JavaScript when doing Web stuff. Diving into C++ means I am doing OS integration work, like Android's NDK, COM, UWP APIs exposed only to C++, CLR and JVM native APIs. So I guess I kind of share the same love-hate thing as you.