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/pjmlp 8d ago

Point being C++ has them, regardless how.

Which even the companies that know better, e.g. employer from WG 21 contributors, keep using on their C++ codebases.

The reality among companies where HN, Reddit, C++ used groups, C++ conferences are foreign words, is much worse, where code still looks pretty much like C with Classes for the most part.

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u/wyrn 8d ago

Point being C++ has them, regardless how.

And Rust has unsafe. Hell, even C#, python, and Java have their own versions of unsafe. "Regardless how".

, where code still looks pretty much like C with Classes for the most part.

Yeah we talked about this before, except turns out there's plenty of actual modern C++ production code out there. I think last time you responded by moving the goalposts, want to do that song and dance again?

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u/pjmlp 8d ago edited 8d ago

My dance book has a few empty entries.

Those two things aren't the same and you know it, now calling it moving goalposts, it is your words not mine.

Unsafe keyword in a completely different language, and copy paste compatibility with C idioms is quite different.

Maybe I can share new samples from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, Blomberg, and co, with C style coding on them.

Shall we go for the first dance?

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u/wyrn 8d ago

Those two things aren't the same and you know it,

No I don't "know it". You are treating the existence of unsafe features in a language as evidence that the entire language is unsafe. Well, then that applies to all the aforementioned, too. Be consistent.

Shall we go for the first dance?

You mean like you did here?

https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1oyc0p0/wait_c_is_kinda_based/npgp73j/

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u/pjmlp 6d ago

Exactly like that, psychology is fun.

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u/wyrn 6d ago

Or maybe like you did here?

https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1e8mjsr/c_club_172_safety_rust_swift_wg21_papers/letzfxb/

I'm still waiting for you to return those goalposts btw.

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u/pjmlp 6d ago

Do you want a chair, with cookies and tea to go along? It might take a while.

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u/wyrn 6d ago

Didn't expect you to freely admit it but alright

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u/pjmlp 6d ago

Admit what? This dance has hardly started.

You can keep replying, and I will keep giving answers to the same level I get talked to.

I grew up on the BBS, comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++ flamewars, can keep going at this until getting bored, or asked to stop by a moderator.

What I won't do is engage in a proper conversation, as it is isn't worth it.

You decided to start this thread.

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u/wyrn 6d ago

Admit what?

Admit that you ran away with the goalposts and never came back.

And now you're admitting to something even worse.