Re: C++... is it dying?
Daniel T. wrote:
If I had to code in C, which has no data containers nor algorithms
whatsoever (besides the horrible qsort), that would be a real nightmare.
Nonsense. You would do the same thing every programming house did before
the STL came along, develop your own set of containers and algorithms
and use them.
In other words, spend countless of hours developing and debugging data
containers and algorithms (and often not even catching all bugs until
during the years), for no good reason. Hours which could be used more
productively.
Then when someone asked why you don't switch from what you
know to this "new improved" library, you would look at all the code you
already have written, all the evidence that your containers work and
work well, and ask "why bother?"
If someone is starting a new project from scratch, why should he not
use what the STL has to offer? There's no "switch" to anything.
A lot of C++ engines, frameworks and libraries were developed long
before STL burst on the scene and they solved all the problems STL
solves. Why should they dump all that hard work, that works?
Why shouldn't a new C++ engine, framework or library use the STL?
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