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I can see why Stroustrup finds so much C++ criticism annoying - language design is all about tradeoffs and many of the less elegant parts of C++ are compromises
by cageface 14y ago
I can see why Stroustrup finds so much C++ criticism annoying - language design is all about tradeoffs and many of the less elegant parts of C++ are compromises made to preserve performance. Stroustrup himself has said there's a cleaner, simpler language trying to get out of C++. C++11 seems like a good step in that direction.
- emmelaich 14y agoIndeed. Not only that, the criticisms are often poor echoes of Stroustrup's own considered, well presented discussion of shortcomings and trade-offs as presented in say, "The Design and Evolution of C++"