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posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 28 2019, @06:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the evolve-or-die dept.

C++ is a language you should give serious consideration to learning in 2019 (or whenever you happen to come across this article). Rapid language modernization, better tooling, a growing and inclusive community, and a thriving job market are just some of the reasons C++ should be your next language to learn.

Wow, this guy drank too much Kool-Aid ™️️, I'm out.

Yeah, I get it. At least in the communities I've been a part of over the years, C++ has a consistently bad reputation.

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Modern C++ (versions ≥ 11) is an entirely different beast and should be considered separately.

foreach new_shiny in hackerland
    { import; improve; integrate; }

Plus, importing crusty old code into your projects is fun, well, at least more fun than dissecting them and re-coding in a new language which lacks the libraries they leaned on.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @08:42AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @08:42AM (#912716)

    C++ is not only metaprogramming and what stands for metaprogramming in C++ is a fucking nightmare of complexity. You'll need to be expert in type theory [wikipedia.org] to understand the full consequences and why it works.

  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday October 28 2019, @04:20PM

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @04:20PM (#912870) Homepage Journal

    Type theory is vastly simpler that C++. Being an expert in type theory probably won't help you.

  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday October 29 2019, @09:17PM

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 29 2019, @09:17PM (#913433) Homepage Journal

    If you really want to do metaprogramming, the language of choice is probably Scheme. Or maybe its ancestor Lisp.