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Oh hey, that's my post. HI HACKER NEWS! Excited to see you!!! Ping me if you find typos. (Also jeez, writing this took way too long and I spent too much time
by Mond_ 2y ago
Oh hey, that's my post.
HI HACKER NEWS! Excited to see you!!! Ping me if you find typos.
(Also jeez, writing this took way too long and I spent too much time editing it trying to cram everything from Cpp2, the Google governance issue, member access operators as a case study, some historical bits, etc. into the post.)
EDIT: One of the most interesting things for me is that (so far) no one complained about the lack of Carbon code examples.
- kayvr 2y agoFWIW, I thought the bits on governance and history provided much needed context. Great post.
- Mond_ 2y agoThanks a lot! When writing something like this it can be hard to keep in mind what your average reader is familiar with. "Do I need to get into the history and the structural process of the C++ Standard Committee? I'm sure everyone already knows about that, right?"
- piebro 2y agoThanks for the post, I enjoyed reading it. There is a small typo in this sentence: "As long as we’re willing to say that Carbon is is about reducing the reliance on the C++ Standard Committee ...". There are two "is".
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoIt's a hangover from the ill-fated Clinton programming language, where you repeat an operator (such as "is") to ensure there is no ambiguity about what your intention is.
- zelphirkalt 2y agoDid you mean to write "there is is no ambiguity ..."?
- mattigames 2y agoToo early for that pun, it works better at the end as a punchline of sorts, "ensure there is not ambiguity about what your intention is is."
- funkychicken 2y agoYou mentioned that std::unique_ptr had a runtime cost (versus a raw pointer). I had always assumed the compiler would optimize any of that away (if you have the default deleter). Could you explain what you meant?
- saagarjha 2y agoI assume this is the example presented here: https://youtu.be/rHIkrotSwcc?t=1050 https://youtu.be/rHIkrotSwcc?t=1050
- funkychicken 2y agoOh thanks! That’s really depressing though, I feel like my whole world view has been shattered lmao
- scrubs 2y agoTechnically kind of interesting ... but as a writing piece it's a mess of mushy, roundabout, haphazard points. With every line I read I can just hear my uni English prof in my ear yelling.
- Mond_ 2y agoI can live with that, I think. I'd like to believe that all of the points are relevant. The issue is that I had to cram them all in somehow, without making the article excessively long. I'm open to criticism, though!