As a non-C++ coder there are two things that "scare" me about C++ (ok, maybe not scare, but are definitely big turn offs):
- lack of a proper, cross platform, package manager: I know the history, I know that C/C++ are basically embedded in the system and they use the system package manager, but in this age it just doesn't fell right... I've been spoiled by many years of using Maven and other similar tools
- template meta-programming plus the C++ legacy features which are probably lurking in many third-party libraries (simpler languages have fewer features to abuse and even when for whatever reason you have to use a relatively subpart third-party library, you know they can't do that much damage)
There's also the compilation speed, but as far as I know there are workarounds for that.
These things are, if not unsolvable in C++, at least many years away from being available.
Maybe an experienced C++ coder can destroy my preconceptions :)
- lack of a proper, cross platform, package manager: I know the history, I know that C/C++ are basically embedded in the system and they use the system package manager, but in this age it just doesn't fell right... I've been spoiled by many years of using Maven and other similar tools
- template meta-programming plus the C++ legacy features which are probably lurking in many third-party libraries (simpler languages have fewer features to abuse and even when for whatever reason you have to use a relatively subpart third-party library, you know they can't do that much damage)
There's also the compilation speed, but as far as I know there are workarounds for that.
These things are, if not unsolvable in C++, at least many years away from being available.
Maybe an experienced C++ coder can destroy my preconceptions :)