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C++ has many users that love the language but are in denial that other languages have advanced beyond it (not in all areas, of course, but enough areas that mat
by adgasf 8y ago
C++ has many users that love the language but are in denial that other languages have advanced beyond it (not in all areas, of course, but enough areas that matter).
- ahartmetz 8y agoDo you use C++? I do, and I don't love the language. What I like about C++ is that it's a high level low level language. Anything that isn't is not a competitor in C++'s core application areas. D and OCaml come kinda close but they have (in practice) mandatory garbage collection. The only real alternatives are Ada (which somehow never achieved much mindshare) and Rust.
- pjmlp 8y agoI do, as native companion to Java and .NET, and I still kind of like it. However for my own use cases, my actual alternative is the newly founded love for low level programming support by Java and .NET designers. Mandatory GC is nice to have around, while only specific hotspots require a more machine friendly coding.