C++

[David Medlock]

Its adherents rarely surprise me anymore.

Read my post on LTU and snk_kid's response:
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1583#comment-19266

I am not trying to single him out, but the responses are pretty common 
in my (arguably anectdotal) experience.

C++ is getting X in next version...
Using boost/somelib we can do X...
GC/Feature N will be great for C++ but for language Y its slow...

Sigh.

Its funny when people bring up libraries to make their points.
Templates in C++ are slow to compile and bloated in my exposure to them.
And even with all those libraries can you finally type:
string s = "Hello" + " World";

After using D for a while now, i almost _despise_ C++.
I think I would rather just use (python & C) instead of going back.

Walter you have your work cut out for you.
Like most things in IT, the human/political issues outweigh the 
technical ones.

Sorry for the rant.
-DavidM