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History shows this to be just plain wrong. There are many examples but for example look how long doubts about concepts held back that feature.
by jahnu 5y ago
History shows this to be just plain wrong. There are many examples but for example look how long doubts about concepts held back that feature.
- scott_s 5y agoThis very submission is 160 pages documenting this very fact.
- jahnu 5y agoIndeed. I have a lot of sympathy for the viewpoint that c++ is a very very complicated language in it's entirety, but not much sympathy for the idea that features are added willy-nilly. It's a product of its time, massive success, and a herculean effort to retain backwards compatibility. It can be frustrating at times but I can seem to make great things with it still.