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> Time to move on, C was already outdated in the mid-90, Objectively false, given the consistent popularity of C. Plus, of course, the bad things about C are
by msla 7y ago
> Time to move on, C was already outdated in the mid-90,
Objectively false, given the consistent popularity of C.
Plus, of course, the bad things about C are also bad about C++, in that C++ is more similar to C than different from it.
- pjmlp 7y agoWeb browsers made JavaScript unavoidable, UNIX clones did the same for C. C's copy paste compatibility in C++ is the Trojan horse that ended up being its security Achilles heel. However even with that, the C++ community and ISO C++ actually care to improve the language security story. The same cannot be told for ISO C. Actually even Microsoft does more for it with its Checked C research and SAL security annotations.
- jki275 7y agoI think that used to apply. It's not so much a thing since C++11.