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C++ was pretty horrible prior to C++98 as well (and likely 33 out of 50 ways to initialize a variable already existed by then). It did improve considerably with

by varjag 6y ago

C++ was pretty horrible prior to C++98 as well (and likely 33 out of 50 ways to initialize a variable already existed by then). It did improve considerably within the past decade under the auspices of the committee.

slezyr 6y ago
std::string has been in C++98, however, you couldn't use it to create a std::ifstream as it had only char* constructor. It took a decade to add a std::string constructor...
- emlai 6y ago
  And it will probably take another decade to add a std::string_view constructor.