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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by lmm on Thursday December 29, 2016 @06:53AM (#13276836)
That's because the people who can't stand to deal with those things have found a way to stop writing C++. The rump of programmers still working in C++ are those who didn't care as much.
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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by koja86 on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:11AM (#13276874)
Is it to be interpreted that you switched to some other language and ended up being more happy using it? Willing to share any tips?
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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by lmm on Thursday December 29, 2016 @08:07AM (#13277050)
I did a limited amount of C++ some years ago - it was never my primary language, but there was a time when my primary stack was Python with C++ extensions. I'm a full-time Scala developer these days and love the language - it's concise and expressive, with a powerful type system (I guess C++ template metaprogramming is probably as powerful, but Scala makes that power practical to use) and reasonable runtime performance.
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