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Compared to C, C++ isn't that slow moving. Not many languages take C's ultra-high-inertia approach. Perhaps Scheme and Forth.
by MaxBarraclough 5y ago
Compared to C, C++ isn't that slow moving.
Not many languages take C's ultra-high-inertia approach. Perhaps Scheme and Forth.
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoAda, 4 standards in 4 decades (1983, 1987, 1995, 2012). Most people using it will probably also claim it is a feature rather than a handicap. Reminder that Ada already had modules (Packages) almost a decade ago.
- MaxBarraclough 5y agoThe frequency of the updates are only part of the story though. C had C89, C99, C11, C17. C++ had C++98, C++03, C++11, C++14, C++17, C++20. C++ is updated more often, but it also makes more significant changes in each version than C does. I don't know Ada as well as I know C and C++, but I believe Ada lands somewhere between C and C++ in terms of how fast-moving it is. Makes sense that Ada is pretty slow moving, given its purpose.