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“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” Bjarne Stroustrup
by usefulcat 6y ago
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”
Bjarne Stroustrup
- ku-man 6y agoI don't hear too many complaints from C users. Perhaps because C never overpromised? I understand C++ is messy because, back in the day, Stroustrup never say no to a request or suggestion from a potential user. He wanted his language to be widely used. Guess he succeeded.
- roca 6y agoUnfortunately that quote is an all-purpose way to dismiss the volume of complaints about any language.
- umanwizard 6y agoRust is pretty widely used and in my (biased fanboy) opinion, strictly better than C++ in almost every way. (Not quite _every_ way: lack of per-container allocators, and less advanced generic/metaprogramming facilities are two particular pain points)