I've been relearning C++ over the last week and it seems absolutely massive. Do any other languages come close to its size?
by readyplayernull on 12/19/24, 11:25 PM
by NoZZz on 12/20/24, 4:59 PM
It's a game of complexity management, in the end there were two strategies
- C# -> Absorb the creativity of chip designers in bytecode.
- C++ -> Absorb the creativity of chip designers in template code.
by Rochus on 12/19/24, 9:44 PM
E.g. Common Lisp or Ada; it depends on which C++ version you compare, because if you measure e.g. specification size, then there can be a factor two between versions.
by aristofun on 12/19/24, 8:12 PM
What size? Lines of code, Megabytes, kilograms, kilometers?
by farseer on 12/19/24, 7:53 PM
C#, Java, PHP, JS seem equally massive no?
by Skywing on 12/20/24, 5:52 AM
Define big.
