Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 13th Aug 2007 17:57 UTC
"A good programming language is far more than a simple collection of features. My ideal is to provide a set of facilities that smoothly work together to support design and programming styles of a generality beyond my imagination. Here, I briefly outline rules of thumb (guidelines, principles) that are being applied in the design of C++0x. Then, I present the state of the standards process (we are aiming for C++09) and give examples of a few of the proposals such as concepts, generalized initialization, being considered in the ISO C++ standards committee. Since there are far more proposals than could be presented in an hour, I'll take questions." Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup is the original designer and implementer of the C++ Programming Language.
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2005-07-09
C++ does NOT have nice syntax and it's semantics are even worse. Java is nice, C# is a little nicer, but neither compiles very well to native code
While I agree C++'s syntax could be a lot better, I very much disagree with your assertion that C++'s semantics are bad. When used properly they are extremely powerful. For example, neither of them have an alternative for RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization). Efficient & correct managing of resources is greatly eased by this pattern. Nor do they have a decent look-up mechanism for functions (there are plenty of things better left a function than a method). Or an alternative for templates (the STL containers are a blessing to work with). Saying its semantics are bad is nonsense: they are different. Different is not bad, as long as you use the right tool for the job.