Stroustrup's slides about c++11 and c++14

SomeDude via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Sep 29 17:02:48 PDT 2014


On Monday, 15 September 2014 at 18:17:37 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>
>> C++ intelligentsia seems to have a superiority complex with 
>> regard to D, and that's entirely understandable.
>
> D and C++ compete for a similar programming niche, but C++ is 
> so much widespread compared to D, that it's like comparing a 
> blue whale with an ant. In practice there is no real match and 
> competition. D is not going to replace C++ in the next few 
> years, and probably it will not eat a significant percentage of 
> the C++ pie. So I think it's a good idea to have a little more 
> collaboration between the two language communities. Such 
> "superiority complex" is not going to help any one.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

The problem is, the C++ community is unwilling to collaborate
with anyone else and this attitude is encouraged by Stroustrup.


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