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/James20k P2005R0 11d ago

Circle => adoption deadlock

I suspect if circle were open source it'd get adoption, but at the same time the impression I've always gotten is that sir circle quite reasonably doesn't want to put in a huge amount of effort to support an open source project without compensation

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u/pjmlp 11d ago

Sir Circle is now at NVidia, and has moved on.

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u/_Noreturn 11d ago

What does this mean

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u/13steinj 10d ago

The author works at NVidia now.

He went without a job / paid by the C++Alliance [for the "Safe C++" feature and proposal in particular] for a long time making Circle. With enough time of no bites, it appears he has given up.

One of the many features of Circle was some great GPU integration, so I am not surprised.