Re:C++17 Compiler Bug Hunt
by AnimalMuppet on Friday April 06, 2018 @11:12AM
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Sure. It's reasonable to desire a pony, too.
But given an already-complex language, you're not going to get a not-very-complex language that is backward compatible, no matter how reasonable it is to want one. It's simply not possible.
What people really want is a simpler language that doesn't change the parts they use. But there's nothing hindering them from continuing to do so. Just use the parts you need, and the complexity of the rest doesn't affect you much.
But given an already-complex language, you're not going to get a not-very-complex language that is backward compatible, no matter how reasonable it is to want one. It's simply not possible.
What people really want is a simpler language that doesn't change the parts they use. But there's nothing hindering them from continuing to do so. Just use the parts you need, and the complexity of the rest doesn't affect you much.