[OT] - C++ exceptions are becoming more and more problematic

[Paulo Pinto]

On Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 10:20:00 UTC, forkit wrote:
> On Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 08:48:58 UTC, Paulo Pinto 
> wrote:
>>
>> In terms of ecosystem, Rust is where C++ was 30 years ago.
>>
>
> I think that's a little overstated - were you even around in 
> 1992 ??
>
> Microsoft released their first C++ compiler in 1992.
>
> Anyway. It's curious that Microsoft has taken a very noticable 
> interest in Rust:
>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/

Given that my first coding platform was the Timex 2068 I guess I 
was.

Microsoft was the last C compiler vendor to adopt C++ with the 
release of Microsoft C/C++ 7.0.

I leave as exercise for the reader when everyone else released 
their offerings, including frameworks like Turbo Vision, 
AppFramework and Motif++.

Microsoft is only testing waters with Rust, until it comes up in 
Visual Studio, with comparable tooling to .NET and C++, for all 
kinds of Azure and Windows workloads, 99% of Microsoft shops 
won't bother.