It's a shame "C with classes", as C++ originally was, didn't stick around for parallel development.
I work with C daily and I'm well aware of its many shortcomings (e.g. its huge list of undefined behavior and its PDP11-centric view of modern architectures), but with some effort I believe it could function as a semi-portable second-level intermediate representation. Nim uses it as such, IIRC.
Compiling to C first would introduce some of its own issues, for sure, but I imagine doing so would alleviate the pressure the C++ standards committee puts on compiler vendors each time they expand the size of the kitchen sink.
Re:Java 20 Is Out!
by soulbadguy on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @02:54PM
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Rust ?
Rust compiles to C and then passes that C to a C compiler to generate machine code?
Re:Java 20 Is Out!
by ghostwriter on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @05:28PM
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> gcc and clang are all not ready for production use or rather untested and/or buggy.
Which items from this table are lying about GCC v11 support of C++20? [1] Which of the features are buggy in GCC v11-12?
[1] https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support#cpp20
Unless you’re targeting MSBuild Visual Studio Solutions and Windows only, C++17 is currently the most up to date, stable, and battle-proven version.