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C++ is a Modern Language (No, Really...)

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

JoeMerchant writes:

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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• And The Winner Is... And The Winner Is... (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @10:29AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @10:29AM (#912733)

  Speaking as someone who has delved into the intricacies of PL/I, I am sure that only Real Men could have written such a machine-hogging, cycle-grabbing, all-encompassing monster. Allocate an array and free the middle third? Sure! Why not? Multiply a character string times a bit string and assign the result to a float decimal? Go ahead! Free a controlled variable procedure parameter and reallocate it before passing it back? Overlay three different types of variable on the same memory location? Anything you say! Write a recursive macro? Well, no, but Real Men use rescan. How could a language so obviously designed and written by Real Men not be intended for Real Man use?

  --Whoosh! [ambians.com]

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• Re:And The Winner Is... (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday October 28 2019, @02:29PM

  by hendrikboom (1125) on Monday October 28 2019, @02:29PM (#912807) Homepage Journal

  I suppose there were ways to deallocate the middle third of an array.
  But I don't recall there being a restriction on recursive macros.
  Did I not read the manual well enough back in the 60's?

  -- hendrik

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