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> I was a C/C++ programmer (...) to 2012 (...) when I look at C++ now, it's incomprehensible to me. Understandably so. You've used C++ during a time where C++9
by rumanator 6y ago
> I was a C/C++ programmer (...) to 2012 (...) when I look at C++ now, it's incomprehensible to me.
Understandably so. You've used C++ during a time where C++98 reigned and stagnated C++, and left just when that long-standing stagnation finally finished.
Since then 4 new C++ standards have been published. Smart pointers are in. Move semantics are in. Lambdas are in. Auto type deduction is in. Hell, range-based for loops are in.
Your timing was unfortunate. I'm sure programmers who were used to Fortran77 also have problems reading Fortran95 code.
- ping_pong 6y agoYep, exactly this. It was only 8 years ago, but its several generations of changes for C++. As you said, it was very unfortunate timing, but not much I can do except pick up a book and start learning. But I'd probably dedicate that energy to delving deeper into Python, Go or even Java at this point. Sad to see decades of work no longer relevant, but it got me to where I am today, so it was worth something I suppose.