C++17 – better than you might think

Re:C++17 – better than you might think by NKCSS on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:27AM (#13276929)

I wonder why it feels like I can't move at the same pace with C++ compared to C#; want to have a file copied to your output dir? Create a post-compile task; with C# you can just set a property to 'copy always'. Want to add a reference? Set up which dir's to look for, type names, etc. with C#: add reference, choose your dll/whatever and you're done! And those are just a few. One of the biggest hurdles with C++ is type conversion; I recently wrote a small app; most time was spent writing functions to cast/convert all the 9000 ways to define numbers and strings... It's when you start to appreciate the System.Object model that makes sure everything can be represented as a Unicode string that everything knows how to work with.

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by koja86 on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:35AM (#13276948)

You are comparing apples to oranges here.

I also agree that type system in C++ is not perfect and is rarely used in a sensible manner. Yet I would rather look for inspiration in functional statically-typed languages rather than in specialized "multi-paradigm" dynamically-typed ones.

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by NKCSS on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:44AM (#13276965)

I know it's not fair, but because I write identical apps in both languages, it's one that comes to mind frequently and it becomes very apparent how powerful C# is when it comes to Rapid Application Development.

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by nicolapede on Thursday December 29, 2016 @09:54AM (#13277543)

> dynamically-typed ones

Why you consider C# to be dynamically-typed?

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by blakeyrat on Thursday December 29, 2016 @11:56AM (#13278358)

Just as an FYI, C# is more strongly-typed than C++.

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by psyc on Thursday December 29, 2016 @12:17PM (#13278499)

On the flip side: Want to read a file of records into an array of structs?

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Re:C++17 – better than you might think by loup-vaillant on Thursday December 29, 2016 @01:10PM (#13278872)

Every machine in the world is Little Endian, and I'm going to specify a file format -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV -- with C structs and type punning. Seriously, Microsoft?

Me, I just

  static uint32_t
  load32_le(const uint8_t s[8])
  {
      return (uint32_t)s[0]
          | ((uint32_t)s[1] <<  8)
          | ((uint32_t)s[2] << 16)
          | ((uint32_t)s[3] << 24);
  }

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