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C++ hatred

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 12:26

Why is C++ hated so much here in /prog/? Many good software are written in C++.

I'm aware that there are some problems in the language and it is considered "hard" to master it, but why do so many people hate it? What harm has it done?

Software can be written much quicker when using some scripting languages like Python. Software can be writte slightly quicker when using some managed language like Java. But when using those languages, the resulting program will require more resources to run. So there is place for C++.

For example, I bet the web browser of 99% people browsing /prog/ is written in C++. It's not perfect language, but it is the best language for complex program with relatively small CPU and RAM requirements.

Name: Anonymous 2012-01-08 13:21

>>15
Have you read your C++FQA today?
I read some of the "Big picture issues" there. Most of them are just claims without exaples or proof.

It's a little outdated, since C++11 fixes some problems, and introduces some of its own.
So is there any point in that page in that case? I think not. New projects should use C++11 standard anyway.

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