Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++

Re:Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ by BitwiseFool on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:41AM (#32225941)

Isn't the 'kitchen sink' approach what ended up causing Perl to fade from relevance? I am only casually aware of this, and I may be totally misremembering things, but Perl used to be seen as a swiss army chainsaw but people eventually came to realize that maintenance was a nightmare.

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Re:Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ by fractalb on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:55AM (#32226228)

Perl faded away because there was an alternative (Python) and it was not a kitchen sink. For C++, there's no alternative at all. People have to bear with it.

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Re:Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ by robmccoll on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:02PM (#32227354)

I think Python's original take on kitchen sink was relatively small language with large "batteries included" standard library.

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Re:Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ by kasabali on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:16PM (#32226532)

Ironically Python is now fast approaching the kitchen sink status.

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Re:Google Launches Carbon, an Experimental Replacement for C++ by pornel on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:17PM (#32232718)

From my webby perspective mod_php has been the Perl killer, and PHP isn’t known for being lean either.

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