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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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• Re:I refuse to work on code that isn't C++ Re:I refuse to work on code that isn't C++ (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @03:34PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @03:34PM (#912838)

  Wow, talk about creating a strawman argument. Find a niche specifically not for C++ and yell, "see, it's no go!" Moron.

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• Re:I refuse to work on code that isn't C++ Re:I refuse to work on code that isn't C++ (Score: 3, Interesting) by coolgopher on Tuesday October 29 2019, @12:51AM (1 child)

  by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @12:51AM (#913060)

  You haven't actually looked at Wt, have you? It's pretty good, and means all the horrible JS is abstracted away from you and you can stick to writing type safe C++. It'd be interesting if someone wrote a clang backend to target WebASM though...

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  • Re:I refuse to work on code that isn't C++ (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday October 29 2019, @05:03PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @05:03PM (#913334)

    Apparently, Webassembly is the new hotness: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/wasm.html [doc.qt.io]

    I haven't had a use case for it yet, but it does look tempting.

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