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Re:Why C++ sucks (2016 edition) by masklinn on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:04AM (#11150817)
> Yes, I'm using Sum types, a feature that's pretty much unique to ML languages.

That's a bit too restrictive. Rust, Swift or Kotlin are not MLs.

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Re:Why C++ sucks (2016 edition) by loup-vaillant on Monday February 22, 2016 @02:20PM (#11153485)
Good point. But we should let them age a bit. Right now they're a bit young for production code with deadlines and all. I hate C++, but I like the certainty that comes with tools I know.
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