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Some people enjoy the relative simplicity and straight forwardness of C, some folks enjoy the flexibility and zero cost abstractions C++ gives you. Some people
by LexiMax 1y ago
Some people enjoy the relative simplicity and straight forwardness of C, some folks enjoy the flexibility and zero cost abstractions C++ gives you.
Some people can appreciate both. I actually like both languages for different reasons and I don't really understand why they're consistently being pitted against each other. Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.
- tayo42 1y agoWith limited time and mental energy and I woukd say the languages are fighting for attention. The war is over why should I pay attention and for territory in my head.
- LexiMax 1y agoBecause this industry is a knowledge-based industry, and it's a good idea in general to always be honing your skills and learning something new. Even if you don't have any intentions of using a new language in your day to day career, there's usually a few super-interesting morsels in there that you can add to your knowledge banks. I've personally lost count of the number of times I took a concept I learned in another language or technology stack and applied it to my day job.
- eikenberry 1y agoThere's a big difference between learning from a language and mastering a language and the competition is around the latter.
- LexiMax 1y agoIf you think that complaining about a language on the internet is an effective way to hamstring wider adoption in and of itself... I've gotta say the results leave much to be desired.
- hnlmorg 1y ago> Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid. I couldn’t agree more!