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C++ Creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks'

by hactually on 3/6/25, 9:21 AM with 4 comments

• by beardyw on 3/6/25, 12:05 PM

  All of this needs context. The software which flashes your Christmas tree lights does not need to be written in Rust. There is a scope in which these arguments are valid, but not universally.

• by anthk on 3/6/25, 11:17 AM

  You can't defend against yourself when C++ it's brain-damaged. Go is what C++ should have been. And Rust can be a better C++ than C++ itself.

• by not_your_vase on 3/6/25, 10:59 AM

  Stroustrup is getting more and more... dunno. Defensive? Delusional?

  C++ was never a great language. It has a lot of good features, and an awfully lot of warts. Still, it was the best we had. It had it well deserved run, and it is still very relevant (my primary language also), but instead of bolting more crap on it, it is time to plan its retirement. Or come up with something that's actually better, and call it c+++ or whatever. But c++ should be let rest in peace.