[lelele]

Yes, C# is becoming more and more complex, but IMO C++ is still in a class of its own. Just compare how many different, sometimes competing ways there are to initialize variables in C++, each with its own subtleties.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree here. And of course, even if C++'s user base seems to be shrinking, it still works well for some categories of programmers.

[pjmlp]

Even if it is shrinking, people leaving C++ aren't racing to go back to C, rather to languages with similar expressive type systems.

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