Re:Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012)
by dragontamer on Thursday May 21, 2015 @12:12AM
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But most languages that have seen prominent use have obscure corners that no one should ever visit.
PHP has absolutely awful parts for example. (Magic Quotes anyone?) Even relatively "clean" languages like Java or C# can be completely mucked around if you abuse reflection or do dumb things (ie: have property getters / setters in C# do something insane... like get {return blah++;} )
I mean, any language that has mutexes (ie: all of them) can more or less lead to absolutely dangerous situations. C++ RAII may not be the best (compared to D or Rust or whatever), but C++ is the most widespread language that has complete RAII support.
If you even learn the most basic of C++ patterns: shared_ptr<>, RAII destructors... (which are useful concepts in C++'s "replacements" anyway), C++ becomes not only a manageable language... but one of the most widespread useful languages current right now.
PHP has absolutely awful parts for example. (Magic Quotes anyone?) Even relatively "clean" languages like Java or C# can be completely mucked around if you abuse reflection or do dumb things (ie: have property getters / setters in C# do something insane... like get {return blah++;} )
I mean, any language that has mutexes (ie: all of them) can more or less lead to absolutely dangerous situations. C++ RAII may not be the best (compared to D or Rust or whatever), but C++ is the most widespread language that has complete RAII support.
If you even learn the most basic of C++ patterns: shared_ptr<>, RAII destructors... (which are useful concepts in C++'s "replacements" anyway), C++ becomes not only a manageable language... but one of the most widespread useful languages current right now.