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I use C++ daily for systems level programming and I love it. If I could only have one programming language it would be C++. I can write anything in it and I act

by 16s 14y ago

I use C++ daily for systems level programming and I love it. If I could only have one programming language it would be C++. I can write anything in it and I actually enjoy doing so. Maybe I'm weird or something, but I know a lot of other guys who feel this way too. And, I know some other guys who do hard core embedded C programming and they are migrating to C++. They love it compared to C and can't wait until every line of their C code has been reimplemented in C++. C++ will be around for decades to come and many folks actually enjoy writing it, they just don't advertise that fact.

alexchamberlain 14y ago
There's 2 of us!?!
Shorel 14y ago
Add me to the club. Except that I also enjoy some Lisp from time to time.
dkarl 14y ago
Decades might be right. I can't think of a compelling reason for anyone to learn C++ today, but having put in the time to learn it reasonably well, I won't be surprised if I find myself still using it occasionally twenty years from now.
- mike-cardwell 14y ago
  I started learning C and C++ about three months ago. My reasoning is, they're used all over the place. My operating system is written using C and nearly all the applications I use are too. I want to be able to modify the programs I use, and I want to be able to write native applications that run quickly. Those are my motivations. And I haven't been this happy learning a language for years.
  - lelele 14y ago
    "I started learning C and C++ about three months ago. My reasoning is, they're used all over the place. My operating system is written using C..." Your operating system is written in C. Why learn C++? The return of investment of learning just C is much much higher than learning C++. Been there, done that.
    - mike-cardwell 14y ago
      I feel I will be a more rounded programmer if I know both. I've been concentrating too much on C++ I think. This thread has prompted me to go back and spend some time writing some C.

by 16s 14y ago

alexchamberlain 14y ago

There's 2 of us!?!

Shorel 14y ago

Add me to the club. Except that I also enjoy some Lisp from time to time.

dkarl 14y ago

Decades might be right. I can't think of a compelling reason for anyone to learn C++ today, but having put in the time to learn it reasonably well, I won't be surprised if I find myself still using it occasionally twenty years from now.

mike-cardwell 14y ago
I started learning C and C++ about three months ago. My reasoning is, they're used all over the place. My operating system is written using C and nearly all the applications I use are too. I want to be able to modify the programs I use, and I want to be able to write native applications that run quickly. Those are my motivations. And I haven't been this happy learning a language for years.
- lelele 14y ago
  "I started learning C and C++ about three months ago. My reasoning is, they're used all over the place. My operating system is written using C..." Your operating system is written in C. Why learn C++? The return of investment of learning just C is much much higher than learning C++. Been there, done that.
  - mike-cardwell 14y ago
    I feel I will be a more rounded programmer if I know both. I've been concentrating too much on C++ I think. This thread has prompted me to go back and spend some time writing some C.