News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on C++11 FAQ. Parent comment

Re:C++11 FAQ by cbsmith on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:09PM (#13493686)
> I would go as far as saying that C++ of the early '90s was at its Nadir of inelegance.

Yup. '92 C++ was what gave Java such a boost. If we'd somehow started with '98 C++, or better still C++11, Java might never have picked up so much momentum.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:C++11 FAQ by pjmlp on Thursday January 26, 2017 @02:15PM (#13494331)
Java picked momentum because in 1996, ANSI C++98 wasn't a thing, each compiler was catching up with the standard and many library vendors just gave use C libraries with us having to write C++ wrappers ourselves.

Also in 2000 I was writing K&R C on a HP-UX compiler, let alone the state of C++ compilers for writing portable code.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:C++11 FAQ by cbsmith on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:36AM (#13498332)
> Java picked momentum because in 1996, ANSI C++98 wasn't a thing, each compiler was catching up with the standard and many library vendors just gave use C libraries with us having to write C++ wrappers ourselves.

Yes. The experience in the early 90's meant everyone was looking for a saner choice. By the time C++ was the saner choice, Java had already received a giant boost.

[ Parent | on HN ]