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> So fasten your seat belts, and stay tuned. C++ programming is likely to evolve more, and in better ways, in the upcoming 5 years than it already has in the pa
by eps 8y ago
> So fasten your seat belts, and stay tuned. C++ programming is likely to evolve more, and in better ways, in the upcoming 5 years than it already has in the past 20.
Yeah, that's the problem isn't?
You do in fact need damn seat belts to cope with all the changes to what used to be a very predictable and simple to understand language.
- Kenji 8y ago> to what used to be a very predictable and simple to understand language. Are we talking about the same C++ language? I mean, I get what you're saying, they're introducing new concepts fast, but C++ was never "very predictable and simple to understand". There is a staggering amount of corner cases and ancient obscure features.
- de_watcher 8y agoWhat? C++ has always been one of the rare languages that don't mindlessly add stuff that drives them into a corner.
- pjmlp 8y agoC++ has this fame of being a bloated language, which it kind of is. However it isn't really that much bigger than Java, .NET + VB/C#/F#, Python, Ada, Common Lisp,... when one looks at the size of printed language, library and implementation specifications. It is just that others are more beginner friendly and most devs forget they have a pile of features on their own languages as well.
- eps 8y agoAnd what would these numerous languages be - the ones that did mindlessly add stuff and drove themselves in a corner?