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Re:The Time Needed to Write “Effective Modern C++” by kbart on Thursday April 23, 2015 @04:15AM (#9425470)
Yeah, tell that to embedders and kernel/driver programmers.
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Re:The Time Needed to Write “Effective Modern C++” by AlexandrB on Thursday April 23, 2015 @08:42AM (#9426265)
The irony is that at least one class of kernel developers (Linux) refuse to touch C++.
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Re:The Time Needed to Write “Effective Modern C++” by GFK_of_xmaspast on Thursday April 23, 2015 @09:48AM (#9426608)
Yeah, but how much of that is because Torvalds has opinions and how much of it is actual fact and preference.
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Re:The Time Needed to Write “Effective Modern C++” by CHY872 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @04:38AM (#9425508)
and there the additional complexity of C++ is a barrier to entry but no more, so no biggie in this context.
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