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C++ is an overloaded language whose complexity seems to be growing with each revision. Heck, I remember Bjarne Stroustrup even semi-lamenting it in one of the i

C++ is an overloaded language whose complexity seems to be growing with each revision. Heck, I remember Bjarne Stroustrup even semi-lamenting it in one of the interviews. I don't understand why this is a C problem, whose syntax and definitions have been relatively stable for the last 3 decades. Author has gripes with C++ 'universality' IMHO but just piling it on C.

usrbinbash 5y ago
> I don't understand why this is a C problem Because it isn't a C problem. C has been basically stable for decades. C++ is free to overload itself by piling ever more stuff onto itself, but any problems this language has, are not problems of C, or problems C needs to fix.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  ISO C11, ISO C17, ISO C23, GCC C, clang C, xlc, aC, TICC, MSVC C, ...
  - srvmshr 5y ago
    > ISO C11, ISO C17, ISO C23, > GCC C, clang C, xlc, aC, TICC, MSVC C Absolutely. Some are feature fixes, malloc changes etc. How many of them are breaking changes or deprecations?
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      C11 made a couple of breaking changes, any compiler is no longer required to support the optional annexes. Your beautiful VLAs will stop working, unless one only uses GCC or clang forks.