Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 20th Aug 2008 19:37 UTC
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 the 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).
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RE[2]: what is C++ best for?
by danieldk on Wed 20th Aug 2008 22:22
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I see all higher level programming languages to "tailor-made" software for business and enterprise operations, but C++ for the rest and I do not see a world full of commercial software implemented just in C# or Java.
Hey, as long as Sun's Hotspot Java VM is written in C++, there clearly is a place for C++
. For an extensive (and impressive) list of C++ applications see: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html
And don't forget the Joint Strike Fighter :p:
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/JSF-AV-rules.pdf
RE[2]: what is C++ best for?
by CrLf on Wed 20th Aug 2008 23:11
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RE[3]: what is C++ best for?
by ebasconp on Wed 20th Aug 2008 23:19
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I hope you were being ironic...
Not at all!
Have you seen Loki? It is the finest code I have ever seen in C++!
http://loki-lib.sourceforge.net/
Ok! the code is very hard to read, but the design of the library and its functionality is amazing!!!
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Every major piece of commercial software is implemented in C++ including big open source projects [e.g. KDE].
I really do not know if it is implemented in C++, but I do not imagine Microsoft Office implemented in C [and worse implemented in Python, Ruby or C#].
I see all higher level programming languages to "tailor-made" software for business and enterprise operations, but C++ for the rest and I do not see a world full of commercial software implemented just in C# or Java.
C++ abstraction is several orders of magnitude higher than C's. Template metaprogramming is the most elegant and powerful way to deal with a lot of problems.
Edited 2008-08-20 22:25 UTC