Translation : C++ will continue to be a highly useful language, as long as some other sucker does all the hard work
'Some other sucker' being the hundreds of C++ experts across the world who contribute to the C++ Standard Library and others (e.g. Boost). What would you prefer - Stroustrup does it all single-handed?
As the article says, C++ is a 'general-purpose programming language with a bias towards systems programming'. If the libraries were lumped in with the core language, C++ would be a much less flexible and less appropriate tool for those kind of tasks.
I'm quite impressed at how the anglosaxon world reacts to ID cards. They are present in most countries, and are a far cry from a fascist tool.
I'm not sure what you mean by the 'anglosaxon world', but in any case I don't see why this is relevant. The UK is a common-law country. No common-law country in the world has ID cards.
As far as my experience goes, in Italy you can get fined for loitering if you are found without "papers" and you are over 18. Yet nobody ever asked me papers without a good reason
Lucky you. If you were from a persecuted ethnic or social minority you might have had a very different experience.
Never seen an evil use of that, and can hardly conceive one.
Then you can't have much imagination. What about Nazis' use of the 'J-stamp'? What about the Pass Laws in South Africa? Just because your present government is benign, doesn't mean that future ones will be.
the very term "identity theft" is exclusive to the anglosaxon world, as identity theft is impossible with an ID-card system
This comment is utterly ridiculous. There is no such thing as a perfect security system. There is no such thing as an unforgeable ID card. It could even be argued that a centralized ID database makes identity theft easier.
And last but not least, how can be that people are worried about ID cards when living in countries where the government has been given insane powers to detain people without trial and rights, like in Guantanamo?
Surely you just answered your own question. [Government with insane powers] + [ID cards] is a very undesirable mix.
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Translation : C++ will continue to be a highly useful language, as long as some other sucker does all the hard work
'Some other sucker' being the hundreds of C++ experts across the world who contribute to the C++ Standard Library and others (e.g. Boost). What would you prefer - Stroustrup does it all single-handed?
As the article says, C++ is a 'general-purpose programming language with a bias towards systems programming'. If the libraries were lumped in with the core language, C++ would be a much less flexible and less appropriate tool for those kind of tasks.
I'm quite impressed at how the anglosaxon world reacts to ID cards. They are present in most countries, and are a far cry from a fascist tool.
I'm not sure what you mean by the 'anglosaxon world', but in any case I don't see why this is relevant. The UK is a common-law country. No common-law country in the world has ID cards.
As far as my experience goes, in Italy you can get fined for loitering if you are found without "papers" and you are over 18. Yet nobody ever asked me papers without a good reason
Lucky you. If you were from a persecuted ethnic or social minority you might have had a very different experience.
Never seen an evil use of that, and can hardly conceive one.
Then you can't have much imagination. What about Nazis' use of the 'J-stamp'? What about the Pass Laws in South Africa? Just because your present government is benign, doesn't mean that future ones will be.
the very term "identity theft" is exclusive to the anglosaxon world, as identity theft is impossible with an ID-card system
This comment is utterly ridiculous. There is no such thing as a perfect security system. There is no such thing as an unforgeable ID card. It could even be argued that a centralized ID database makes identity theft easier.
And last but not least, how can be that people are worried about ID cards when living in countries where the government has been given insane powers to detain people without trial and rights, like in Guantanamo?
Surely you just answered your own question. [Government with insane powers] + [ID cards] is a very undesirable mix.