Re:The Two Factions of C++
by liontwist on Monday November 25, 2024 @07:40AM
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> evolution be halted in a clearly suboptimal position
It’s clear it’s imperfect. But not clear there is an obvious path to a nearby local maxima.
Design choices have tradeoffs.
And even if that were true, who would take advantage of that “better” language in a purely abstract sense? New language standards primarily exist to benefit existing C++ code bases, and the cohort of engineers who work on them. You have to consider that social reality.
It’s clear it’s imperfect. But not clear there is an obvious path to a nearby local maxima.
Design choices have tradeoffs.
And even if that were true, who would take advantage of that “better” language in a purely abstract sense? New language standards primarily exist to benefit existing C++ code bases, and the cohort of engineers who work on them. You have to consider that social reality.