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by lacampbell 2410 days ago
What are people using C++ for in 2019? Last time I used it was for a Qt desktop application of all things. I would imagine its main usage is in high performance or hardware constrained environments these days, but I'm curious what people are doing with it.

I do a lot of node.js programming, which uses C++ to write extensions, so here's hoping I rememeber it if/when I need to.
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zelly 2410 days ago
high frequency trading, AAA video games, aerospace, compilers, audio, self-driving cars, search engines, subways

If it's important, it's using C++.

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gpderetta 2410 days ago
Subways?!? Tell me more!
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missblit 2410 days ago
Why I'm using it to write a Qt desktop program of course.

Actually a bit frustrating, since Qt is very opinionated in a way that hasn't aged well with newer C++ standards, but it is probably one of the best cross platform UI libraries.

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gpderetta 2410 days ago
Well, apparently it is pretty good to write VMs for other languages.
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