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C++ Creator Confident About Its Future

Posted by Zonk on from the he-loves-his-baby dept.

bonch writes "Bjarne Stroustrup is confident about the future of C++. He says there is a backlash against new languages like Java and C#, and that developers are returning to C++." From the article: "He claimed the main reason why people are not aware of this is because C++ doesn't have a 'propaganda campaign.' Sun Microsystems has touted the use of Java in the Mars Rover program, for example, but Stroustrup asserts that C++ was also used.

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  1. Look! A funny. by tb3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...Stroustrup asserts that C++ was also used.
    I bet he also trys to catch all the code NASA uses.

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