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The first paragraph of the abstract: "This paper describes the goals and priorities which the authors believe make C++ an especially effective programming lang
by digitalcapybara 6y ago
The first paragraph of the abstract:
"This paper describes the goals and priorities which the authors believe make C++ an especially effective programming language for our use cases. That said, our experience, use cases, and needs are clearly not those of every user. We aren’t pushing to directly build consensus on these points. Rather, this is presented as a vehicle to advertise our needs from C++ as a high-performance systems language."
I would say they are quite transparent about that...
- brandmeyer 6y agoExcept that the very next paragraph clearly shows that this isn't just a statement of their priorities and goals, it is what they want the entire committee to adopt as the priorities and goals for the future evolution of the standard.
- digitalcapybara 6y ago"Rather, this is presented as a vehicle to advertise our needs from C++ as a high-performance systems language." I read it as as "We understand that this isn't what everyone wants the committee to adopt, but this is what we want the committee to adopt."
- softwaredoug 6y agoI would say not, as that’s what every standards body should say. It doesn’t speak to being dominated by one stakeholders point of view.
- mehrdadn 6y ago>> This proposal should read "Google's Goals and Priorities for C++" > I would say they are quite transparent about that... I don't even see the word "Google" anywhere?
- uluyol 6y agoI don't think the intended audience of this document is hacker news, it's the C++ language committee. So the question is whether the members of the committee would recognize the authors as belonging to Google (which I assume they would).