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I'm being pragmatic. One of the goals of the Go language is to be an alternative for C++. It has ended up an alternative to scripting languages and failing to a

I'm being pragmatic. One of the goals of the Go language is to be an alternative for C++. It has ended up an alternative to scripting languages and failing to attract the programmers who use C++ the most. http://commandcenter.blogspot.se/2012/06/less-is-exponentially-more.html http://commandcenter.blogspot.se/2012/06/less-is-exponential... So my question is the same: Why programmers should try to eradicate C++?

smosher 14y ago
The question is highly controversial and (separately) not worth discussing. It's not your fault, it was more or less supplied that way by context. It works well as a rhetorical question, but some jackass is going to click "reply." Oh, wait. ;) Instead, let's consider this: Should we try to make C++ unnecessary? I think the answer is 'yes' and I don't think it's specific to C++. For all languages × all domains, I think the time should come that there is a fitting alternative language.