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> It think this is attributed to fundamental rule of not breaking legacy language features. Is this really all that unique to C++? Or are you saying that it's

by DSMan195276 5y ago

> It think this is attributed to fundamental rule of not breaking legacy language features. Is this really all that unique to C++? Or are you saying that it's just particularly painful for C++ due to where it started from?

bregma 5y ago
It's not that unique to C++. It's a property of useful things that have been successful for a long time.
NL807 5y ago
Not unique to C++, but strongly enforced. Work groups that standardise new C++ features is very reluctant to make any breaking changes.