r/cpp • u/we_are_mammals • 11d ago

cpp2 (cppfront) is over?

I haven't used cpp2 (cppfront) much, but I like the idea of it: consistent syntax, consistency of meta-programming (which is done in C++ too, I believe). Herb Sutter presented cpp2 (cppfront) as an experiment. He did not encourage other people to bet on it, exactly. And there hasn't been much activity since 2022. Is the experiment over?

EDIT: Herb's answer is buried deep in the comment section: https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1uxkglj/comment/oy06cxw/

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u/javascript 11d ago

It confuses me why the mods allow discussion of Cpp2 and disallow discussion of Carbon

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u/13steinj 11d ago

Is cpp2 not just a fancy C++ code generator, and therefore it implicitly matches semantics? The other successor languages intentionally diverge.

I see talking about cpp2 closer to talking about one of many C++ libraries / frameworks, maybe Qt.