> He explains that the languages should have been merged into one, so that C would have been a subset of C++ instead of nearly a subset of C++.
Thank the stars this didn't & won't happen!
Bjarne has been stuck in "C++ is the best & only language anyone needs" long after the world has moved on to Java, C#, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
C occupies a sweet spot combination of:
- low-level with "no magic"
- small enough for most people to "hold in your head"
C++ matched these conditions for a brief time in it's life - the early 90s aka "Stroustrup 2nd edition" - when the only "magic" was basic virtual functions, and templates where just a promising experiment in an appendix.
Thank the stars this didn't & won't happen!
Bjarne has been stuck in "C++ is the best & only language anyone needs" long after the world has moved on to Java, C#, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
C occupies a sweet spot combination of:
- low-level with "no magic"
- small enough for most people to "hold in your head"
C++ matched these conditions for a brief time in it's life - the early 90s aka "Stroustrup 2nd edition" - when the only "magic" was basic virtual functions, and templates where just a promising experiment in an appendix.