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No it's not. The language keeps growing, with - new features overlapping old features from previous standards without replacing them or deprecating them (func
by Davidbrcz 4mo ago
No it's not.
The language keeps growing, with
- new features overlapping old features from previous standards without replacing them or deprecating them (function::copyable_function vs std::function, std::less<> key for transparent lookup in maps)
- new features not usable by the layman (coroutines ...)
- Cryptic syntax (reflection...)
- Stuff you are told not to use because of performance reason and that cant be fixed because of ABI (regex)
- Compile errors that are 1km long (no, concepts are not helping here, the 'nicer' message is still buried into a hot pile of template instantiation callstack).
- bayindirh 4mo agoI wonder how many programming languages would be able to devoid of all or some of these problems when they are 40 years old. It's easy to compare new and old languages, and saying older languages are wrinkly. Let's see how other shiny programming languages look like when they are 40 years old.
- pjmlp 4mo agoSo a bit like Python or any other language of similar age.
- whstl 4mo agoWorking occasionally with modern Python helped me love and respect C++ even more.
- bregma 4mo agoPython3 is what, 15 years old?
- pjmlp 4mo agoI start counting from Python 1.
- unclad5968 4mo agoWell if c++ had the liberty of scrapping the language twice in the last 30 years I'm sure it would look better too.
- SJC_Hacker 4mo agoThat is probably what they should have done ..l
- pjmlp 4mo agoPython 2 to 3 mess is exactly why all languages think twice about breaking backwards compatibility.