Recently, C++11 information was released. I do not really understand what is going on this time. Is Microsoft back to supporting C++ programmers? Why use C++ when writing in C# or Java or other languages can be so much faster, safe, and require less lines of codes? Yes, C++ can be faster in cases, but computers are getting a lot faster. Plus, the standard libraries of C++ are somewhat lacking.
C++ is going the way of C.
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Anonymous2011-09-13 2:10
C++ has excellent top-class multicore and cloud algos. TBB, Cilk, OpenMP,CUDA,etc
If any company wanted such libs on LISP,Haskell,Erland or any academic lang. it would long done, but they prefer the unstable, buggy C++ just for the extra hit of speed. Thats what you think of course, C++ can be just optimized and redesigned from scratch in any area to provide any amount of safety,speed or terseness. Its even possible to write ASM libraries without any C, and provide them as C function calls or inline platform specific hand-optimizied ASM/GPU code blocks just where you need it.
How much ASM can you put into your average LISP/Haskell/Erlang program?