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by harrid 961 days ago
For some reason, the comparison is always current rust Vs 20 year old c++. Mentioning that "modern" (12 year old) c++ does not have these problems gets downvoted.

Completely unrelated: there are at least two dedicated anti c++ communities.
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littlestymaar 961 days ago
> Mentioning that "modern" (12 year old) c++ does not have these problems gets downvoted.

Because it's false, that's why. Modern C++ still has many/most of C++ problems. It solves a bunch of them, but far from all.

And telling the opposite to newcomers is a lie that's hurting them because they can end up making even more mistakes than the previous generation, since they were told they didn't have to pay attention thanks to “modern C++”.

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tubthumper8 961 days ago
> Mentioning that "modern" (12 year old) c++ does not have these problems gets downvoted.

I'm not a C++ user but I thought that all of these things are still in "modern" C++, that the new editions only add things, not remove? Are there tools that can automatically rewrite existing code to use the "modern" features?

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harrid 956 days ago
And that's a criticism I can take to a degree on behalf of the language. These relics are still in because mistakes are happening in the governing body. However in practice, they don't matter much. Every CPP dev has a little helper running in the background which immediately flags these mistakes and can auto correct them. It's not an issue, just an annoyance.
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