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> * It has an easy-to-use package manager, and I'm not sure where C++ is on that front. In the inescapable hell of n+1 competing standards.

• adamnemecek 6y ago
  You mean that every langauge has its own package manager?
  • ashtonkem 6y ago
    I think they mean that C++ isn’t one thing, it varies a lot by the specific compiler and version you’re using.
  • ShinTakuya 6y ago
    I think they mean that people keep coming along and saying "the existing N competing standards suck, let's make a new one everyone can use" and now there's N+1 competing standards. A reference to this xkcd https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
    • ShinTakuya 6y ago
      To clarify, for C++ specifically.
  • cstrahan 6y ago
    No, rather C++ has many competing package managers, none of which have majority buy in from the C++ community. To name a few: https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter https://github.com/cpp-pm/hunter https://conan.io/ https://conan.io/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/vcpkg?view=vs-2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/vcpkg?view=vs-201... https://buckaroo.pm/ https://buckaroo.pm/