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A video arguing C++ is the worst programming language to ever exist (youtu.be)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programming@programming.dev
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Found this gem. A single well made video in a channel. The Channel owner probably made this channel just to house one video I guess.

I havent watched it all the way through but it seems to have alot of substance. By the looks of it the guy probably has spent atleast a year developing professionally in C++ and is pretty pissed to make that video as a ventfest

See if you cant agree with something he said

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[โ€“] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It may not be perfectly compatible, but being mostly compatible with C was a large part of its selling point when it was originally announced. Without that, it probably wouldn't have seen as much adoption. However, that choice also led to a lot of difficult design decisions which have become a liability today.

[โ€“] BB_C@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

mostly compatible with C

It's not mostly compatible, not even on the surface level, with any version of C post C89. And most of the ever-growing crap in the language came after the early years anyway, with constructs that are C++-exclusive.