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Re:The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition) by n00b101 on Sunday May 12, 2013 @12:24AM (#5693136)
How about a picture of an F35 fighter jet? Because a fighter jet goes much faster than [insert your preferred hipster language]? Or, you know, the F35 uses C++ code (and not Python/Clojure/LISP/PHP/Ruby/whatever).
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Re:The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition) by rbehrends on Sunday May 12, 2013 @01:28AM (#5693266)
The F-35 is about embedded software, i.e. it's about C/C++ vs. Ada, not C/C++ vs. Python. The reason they didn't go with Ada was a lack of programmers, not language design issues, as I recall.

In any event, I don't think the F-35 with its numerous software-related problems [1, 2] is a good advertisement for C++.

[1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/aerospace/military/f35-s...

[2] http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/03/f-35-joint-strike-fig...

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