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Interview Update With Bjarne Stroustrup On C++0x
An anonymous reader writes "DevX interviewed Bjarne Stroustrup about C++0x, the new C++ standard that is due in 2009. Bjarne Stroustrup has classified the new features into three categories: Concurrency, Libraries and Language. The changes introduced in Concurrency makes C++ more standardized and easy to use on multi-core processors. It is good to see that some of the commonly used libraries are becoming standard (eg: unordered_maps and regex)."
I have on numerous occasions...and you know what? It was just as fast in Java.
If you want to go with your analogy - it's more like the difference between building a house with a hammer and nails (C++) and a nailgun. One will get the job done faster, while the other will make you work more, but potentially give you more flexibility (to break nails).
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.. want to read this article. The name says it all. I for one, am sticking to C. If I need to write using a higher level language, I'll go with Perl. People who need to write *fast* code, need to stay away from C altogether and need to stop adding ascii characters to C.
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C++ is a write-only language. That's why it receives so much hate.
Actually nobody in their right mind uses C++ for anything anymore - if they have a choice, that is. C++ is used where it is inevitable, mostly for GUI programming and on legacy projects that can't just throw out their codebase.
For new projects there is hardly a use-case for C++ anymore, it's quickly becoming a niche.