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Re:Towards a more powerful and simpler C++ with Herb Sutter by fulafel on Friday November 03, 2017 @01:45AM (#15616933)
Given the C++ commitment to backwards compatibility, I think the case for a new language in order to reduce complexity is very straightforward. A minimal case would be a C++ subset I guess.
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Re:Towards a more powerful and simpler C++ with Herb Sutter by mattnewport on Friday November 03, 2017 @02:20AM (#15617027)
But the backwards compatibility is taken so seriously because it is so valuable, much more valuable in practice in my experience than the supposed benefits of creating a new incompatible language with fewer features.
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