Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
by ncmncm on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:46PM
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In fact, the number of C++ programmers is growing faster than ever. This is evident in the growing number and size of C++ conventions. (Bulgaria has its own, now.) Even ISO C++ Standard committee attendance is reliably a lot more than every previous meeting, even when held in inconvenient places. Attendance will hit 500 soon. The amount achieved at each meeting grows accordingly. Proposals get more scrutiny and draw on more experience.
To suggest C++ is a dying, slowing, or stagnant language is objectively delusional. The language is healthier than ever, and going gangbusters.
Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
by Aeolun on Friday June 12, 2020 @08:24AM
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The C++ that they teach you in universities barely gets you started. I wouldn’t count on those for a steady supply.
Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
by gnulinux on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:05PM
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The C++ they teach in universities is either just C, or putting Java spin on C (C-with-classes). I've never seen a decent "modern C++" class taught in universities.
Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
by mantap on Friday June 12, 2020 @08:46PM
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Sure, but that's nothing a few years in the real world can't fix. The point is that C++ programmers are not some rare breed of neckbeard that are gradually going extinct. They are being produced en mass.
It's far too premature to declare its death. The pace of development of C++ is decently fast and there's many stakeholders with millions of lines of C++ who are interested in C++ not dying. C++ is taught in universities around the world so the chance of C++ developers becoming expensive is low.