ESR on post-C landscape

[Bauss]

On Thursday, 16 November 2017 at 02:12:10 UTC, codephantom wrote:
> On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 11:55:17 UTC, codephantom wrote:
>>[...]
>
> Actually, I got that wrong.
>
> Perhaps the mistake C++ made, was concluding that 'classes' 
> were the "proper primary focus of program design" (chp1. The 
> Design and Evolution of C++).
>
> I have to wonder whether that conclusion sparked the inevitable 
> demise of C++.
>
> Eric should be asking a similar question about Go ..what 
> decision has been made that sparked Go's inevitable demise - or 
> in the case of Go, decision would be decisions.
>
> this is what did it for me:
>
> a := b
interface{} definitely