Modern C++ Won't Save Us

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 12:21:05 UTC, throway wrote:
> the biggest invention in static-typing is templates, you can 
> forgive c++ for the ugly syntax and the shorcomings since they 
> had no idea at the time, what excuse do the new languages have? 
> rust looks almost as ugly as c++ and afaik only d got templates 
> right.

Hm. I think D templates are rather close to C++. What aspects of 
D templating do you think makes a difference?

> i have nothing against optional gc but knowing the 
> code-generation powers of d plus RAII, you would think gc would 
> be a secondary concern, because you finally have the tools to 
> eliminate most of the memory issues that plagues c/c++.

I don't really have memory issues in C++, if I do it tends to be 
related to issues that can only be easily solved by a GC... (E.g. 
ownership not being obvious and avoiding circular reference being 
difficult)