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I think he means "C++ in 2018" to build a standard webapp, which definitely is masochistic because you can be much more productive on e.g. Rails. Just like how

I think he means "C++ in 2018" to build a standard webapp, which definitely is masochistic because you can be much more productive on e.g. Rails. Just like how using PHP to build a real-time graphics engine is also probably masochistic.

bsenftner 8y ago
People who don't know say these things. Try writing web applications in C/C++, it's a deluxe development situation. Where do you think web browsers come from? Everyone afraid of C/C++ are shooting themselves in the feet.
- criddell 8y ago
  When I started to learn Rails, the intro was a Twitter-like messaging app. Somebody that knows what they are doing could turn that out in an hour. Is the situation in C++ frameworks very far off?
  - bsenftner 8y ago
    The same. Using Restbed, a C++ embedded web server framework, a twitter messaging app is about an hour of work.
52-6F-62 8y ago
It's getting better. I've been starting to dig into Crow to see if it might be a worthwhile option as a C++ web app framework: https://github.com/ipkn/crow https://github.com/ipkn/crow https://github.com/jolks/crow-template https://github.com/jolks/crow-template (Relies on libboost https://www.boost.org/ https://www.boost.org/) Seriously, it makes putting together a simple API a breeze. I haven't had the chance to try anything more complex yet.