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minus-squareHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months ago if you’re writing in raw C++ you’re doing it wrong. So, C++ is the new Python?
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoYes, but nobody in their right mind will use boost at OS kernel or driver level. Also, using C++ has vtable/exception overhead. No-go. I worked at companies that tried both. They no longer exist.
minus-squareZamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months ago Also, using C++ has vtable/exception overhead. No-go. That’s just nonsense. The kernel and most other big C projects are full of structs with manual re-implementations of vtables. If you don’t want exceptions (I don’t either), C++ doesn’t require you to use them. KDE software builds without them.
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So, C++ is the new Python?
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Yes, but nobody in their right mind will use boost at OS kernel or driver level. Also, using C++ has vtable/exception overhead. No-go.
I worked at companies that tried both. They no longer exist.
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That’s just nonsense. The kernel and most other big C projects are full of structs with manual re-implementations of vtables.
If you don’t want exceptions (I don’t either), C++ doesn’t require you to use them. KDE software builds without them.