Re: [OT] C++ directions

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 17:11 Greg Keogh wrote: > > Still using c++ here... >> > > What sort of applications? Do they pre-date .NET? -- *GK* > Yeah, ported from Borland. So, predated a lot

Re: [OT] C++ directions

> Still using c++ here... > What sort of applications? Do they pre-date .NET? -- *GK*

Re: [OT] C++ directions

Still using c++ here... But templates get freaking annoying. If it's a new project, I'm unlikely to pick c++. Even for low level microcontroller apps, there's better choices. Eg python. Mike On Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 11:40 David Richards wrote: > I remember when I first started using c++ (late

Re: [OT] C++ directions

I remember when I first started using c++ (late 80s, early 90s, somewhere around there) it seemed really cool. Especially after C. Now, I can't imagine ever using it again. To hear how it's changed kind of annoys me for nostalgic reasons but ultimately will never have an effect on my daily life. I

Re: [OT] C++ directions

If I was going to use C++ I would not! I would use C# and use C for the small parts that had to be fast. I have not touched C for 25 years, not going to change :-) Greg Harris harris.gre...@gmail.com phone: 0407 942 982 Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 10:20 AM Grant Maw wro

Re: [OT] C++ directions

I would need a very good reason to choose C++ to write a new project today, a reason like needing to be close to the metal or needing very fine-grained control over performance, memory usage, and other resources. So things like writing a new OS, device drivers, high end computer games and other gra

[OT] C++ directions

Folks, It's quiet in here because I suppose you're all in lockdown guarding your mountains of bog-roll. I've got a TGIF contribution... A colleague was discussing how to write the most transportable C++ code possible and sent links to C++ 17 features