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Circle is irrelevant because it's closed source. It's been out there since 2019(?) and never gained any adoption or mind share among C++ developers. I've look
by alexeiz 3y ago
Circle is irrelevant because it's closed source. It's been out there since 2019(?) and never gained any adoption or mind share among C++ developers. I've looked at it back when it first appeared, and it seemed interesting, but why would I spend any time on it when the creator of the language can lose interest tomorrow and shut down the project for good? There is no reason to devote any time or effort to a closed source project when plenty of interesting open source projects exist.
- pjmlp 3y agoGuess what, besides clang and GCC, all the other C++ compilers are closed source and are doing just fine.
- alexeiz 3y agoI wouldn't use a closed source C++ compilers either. But with C++ compilers, if one is abandoned, you can switch to another. With Circle, there is nothing else. The best outcome the Circle author can hope for (and this is likely the purpose of the project) is that some company either buys it, or hires him to work on Circle full time. Circle benefits only one guy, it doesn't benefit the C++ community.