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I'm a c++ programmer and finding it hard to be excited about things we added to the language 12 years ago.

• quesomaster9000 3y ago
  As a D programmer, why haven't you caught up yet?
  • maccard 3y ago
    I write a reasonable amount of kotlin these days and it's night and day.
  • ishvanl 3y ago
    As a rust programmer... etc etc.
• loeg 3y ago
  As a sneering C++ programmer, why are you even reading / commenting on a new C standard? This is basically a "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it" situation.
  • tom_ 3y ago
    The same goes for C programmers with a chip on their shoulder! There is a downvote button.
  • maccard 3y ago
    Honestly, because there's very little c++ content here on HN and a relatively large amount of C content. Most of the C content is full of people saying "we don't need X from C++" but the reality is most of these things have significant uses
    • loeg 3y ago
      Neither of those statements really matches my experience with HN (high C to C++ content ratio, lots of comments rejecting advances first added to C++). I totally agree some of these things are very useful and I'm glad to see them formalized in C (even years later than C++).
• paulddraper 3y ago
  I wouldn't speak too loudly on that high horse. The HN Rust Gang will find you.
  • maccard 3y ago
    They're too busy looking for their vowels to reply here. Joking aside, I've a healthy amount of respect for rust, and I hope that many of the ideas make their way into other language. The terseness, heavy use of macros, _insane_ compile times (and that's coming from someone who writes templates in c++), general assumption that you're on Linux from third party crates, and IDE support combine for something that just isn't usable for me just yet. Maybe in a few years!