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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink55•22 days agoThe C++ feature set is a giant tome written in an unsteady hand and bound with suspicious leather. You’re supposed to study it deeply, use as little as possible, and ideally have a backup plan if things go wrong for this plane of existence.
minus-square@MajorHavoclink14•edit-222 days agoPerfect description. It also describes why I now love GoLang so much. “How has GoLang improved on this unholy tome or horrors?” “Well, it fits in my pocket now.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•22 days agoi like to think of C++ as a testing ground for new features and paradigms. to see how some concepts will handle in production.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•edit-222 days agoAn excellent perspective. Announcement N: “C++ can now do [blank]!” Announcement N+1: “Don’t.”
The C++ feature set is a giant tome written in an unsteady hand and bound with suspicious leather. You’re supposed to study it deeply, use as little as possible, and ideally have a backup plan if things go wrong for this plane of existence.
Perfect description.
It also describes why I now love GoLang so much.
“How has GoLang improved on this unholy tome or horrors?”
“Well, it fits in my pocket now.”
Pocket ranges from 0 to let’s say 64 GB
i like to think of C++ as a testing ground for new features and paradigms. to see how some concepts will handle in production.
An excellent perspective.
Announcement N: “C++ can now do [blank]!”
Announcement N+1: “Don’t.”