David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Feb 9, 2025
For people who don't use C++, what is the main reason (please boost for visibility)?
It is not memory safe
22.4%
It is too complex
72.7%
It lacks a feature I consider important (please specify in a reply!)
1.5%
It doesn't work on the target I care about
3.4%
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Show threadJoachim Schipper

@david_chisnall For low-level stuff, I sometimes care more about the system calls or even the assembly than about the code - and C is more transparent. (Lack of abstraction is not only a bad thing!)

Between C/asm for low-level and Python/Rust/Java for higher-level stuff, my need for C++ is too small for me to invest the (rather large) amount of time needed to get good - and C++ is too dangerous to use without being good at it.

Feb 10, 2025 at 6:35amWeb