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Re:What platforms do you see having the best code longevity ... by mrcold on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:34AM (#9143267)
C++ on Windows. And only because Microsoft always changes things slowly and with backwards compatibility. Even a sudden shift like the Modern UI didn't change the backend. It's more or less the same since Windows XP.

Apple always moves fast and discards old concepts. If you don't keep up, you quickly become irrelevant. Linux is stable, but unpredictable. It's always the flavor of the month. And the lack of unification means that it's hard to fully support all distros in the present. Never mind the future.

And the web is changing faster than I change my phone or laptop. It's probably heading towards a fast and messy death. Maybe it's just me. But web apps and sites are just begging for a revolution.

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Re:What platforms do you see having the best code longevity ... by loumf on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @02:04PM (#9146516)
I agree. The main thing working against C++ is that bugs in the software, which (by luck) have no bad effects, might behave differently with new versions of the runtime. I think that Microsoft's SxS runtimes might even help that not happen either.
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