Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Demise of C++?

Posted by Hemos on 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..."

2 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Re:We just got tired of being insulted by mrsbrisby · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    We, C++ programmers, just got tired of being insulted all the time, so we don't talk much any more. After all, every time we mention C++ we are told how bad it is and how stupid we all are for using it. Sure, we can rebut all those arguments, but there are so many loud people declaiming them that nobody ever hears us. So, we just shrug, shut up, and go back to writing code. If you don't want to listen, you are only hurting yourselves and your employers.

    We, people of Faith, just got tired ot being insulted all the time, so we don't talk much any more. After all, every time we mention our personal God, we are told how bad it is and how stupid we all are for using it. Sure, we can rebut all those arguments, but there are so many loud people declaiming them that nobody ever hears us. So, we just shrug, shut up, and go back to our prayer circles. If you don't want to listen, you are only hurting yourselves and your afterlife.
    When the inventor of C++ stops lying about C++, perhaps then we can have rational discourse, but until then, I completely realize that talking to you about C++ is about as useful as talking to you about Santa Clause.

    You are now free to return to your alternate universe that requires four different kinds of cast and all kinds of deep magic just to keep up.
  2. I'm a C++ coder and I hate it too by Viol8 · · 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.