Demise of C++?

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 9, 2006 @12:41AM from the reports-of-my-death-have-greatly.h dept.

fashla writes "Several somber and soul searching threads have been recently posted to the USENET newsgroup comp.lang.c++ such as "C++ is Dead" and "A Dying Era". The reason for this reflective mood is the sudden demise of the magazine C/C++ Users Journal (CUJ) http://www.cuj.com/ that had been published by CMP Media. Participating in the posts have been such C++ luminaries such as Bjarne Stroustrup and P.J. Plauger. While some contributers think that CUJ's demise is due to the general trend away from print, others think something else is afoot..."

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I'm a C++ coder and I hate it too by Viol8 · 2006-01-09 04:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Its a god awful dogs dinner of a language. Whatever Stroustrup was
smoking when he designed the syntax I'm sure its illegal , and if
its not it should be. If you compare C++ syntax to a language such as
D (which is also C compatable so THAT excuse is out the window) you realise
what a mess C++ really is.