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Bjarne Says C++ Is Under Attack

2025-03-10 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@ShreyasGaneshs 2025-03-10

A second segfault has hit the towers

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@biggerdoofus 2025-03-10

When he said that C++ was focused memory safety from the start, he was probably referring to constructors, destructors, and the emphasis on RAII.

532 28 replies
@mbunkus 2025-03-10

"Even C++ devs dunk on C++?" — correct. Source: me, a C++ dev.

397 27 replies
@wknight8111 2025-03-10

"Haven't we been dunking on C++ for the last decade and a half?" Oh my sweet summer child. We've been dunking on C++ for A LOT longer than that.

124 4 replies
@maximkhailo8763 2025-03-11

No other language can do generic programming like C++. The greatness of Alex Stepanov and his work is lost on modern programmers.

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@a-tom3k 2025-03-11

"Everybody hates C++." Well, we could say that everyone hates JS, but nevertheless, it's running everywhere—backend included. Another drama! :)

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@exceedinglycurioable 2025-03-10

Imagine the day we have the cobol problem with c++

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@weroro 2025-03-10

16:08 Graz, Australia 🤣🤣

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@carcharhinus_555 2025-03-11

"I'll die before all C/C++ gets rewritten" - LMAO. You'll die before all the *COBOL* code gets rewritten!

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@hpmini210 2025-03-10

If I have to write C++ in 2035 when this change is mainstream and added to llvm I will give up

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