Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
by Arizhel on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:30PM
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C++11 makes a LOT of things much, much easier. Yes, it does pile on top of existing complexity because they're loathe to eliminate any backwards compatibility, but the nice thing is that you don't have to use older features or methods of doing things. In fact, if you look multiple serious C++ codebases, it'll almost look like they're different languages, as every project basically chooses a subset of C++ they accept. Realtime embedded code doesn't look anything like desktop application code, for instance, but they're both technically C++.
Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
by tigershark on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:54AM
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And as far as I remember even google is only supporting python 2.
Their python-go transpiler doesn't support python 3 for example (unless something changed in the last months and I missed it)
Python broke all retro compatibility and put all existing sizeable software in a miserable deprecated state with the breaking of python 3.
I don't recall C++ getting easier. The few tools and IDE still fail at decent refactoring and code completion. The C++11 movement is adding few stuff more or less useful, piling on top of the vast amount of already existing complexity.