[irhd]

> I do think (possibly for the same reason) that it is harder to write correct C++ code than it is to write correct C code

I'd disagree. Modern C++ has much better safety features than C ever has.

[userbinator]

The "safety" is not the issue, it's the compulsion of using many layers of (somewhat leaky) abstractions that make debugging and otherwise reasoning about behaviour difficult.

[pknopf]

I could not agree with this more.

gstreamer, gtk, etc, are really easy to work with and browse the source.

This is why I love golang as well.

Side note, it is funny how much gstreamer and glib try to add c++ "ish" features to c.

[baby]

I was going to say +1 with golang, and you said it. So just emphasizing that many people prefer code clarity over cool things that make code unreadable (templates...)

Interestingly, I just found Linus' stance on Golang :) https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?curpostid=104302&thread...

[smhenderson]

From that post... But introducing a new language? It's hard. Give it a couple of decades, and see where it is then.