I am a team lead in c++ shop. Every interview, I ask: tell me about c++’s std::move().
Not a single interviewee has even had a good guess in 2 years of open job recs.
It really has me reconsidering. I’m a language nerd through and through. I love C++. But I also have to be honest and say there’s such a thing as “the average amount of c++ the team knows”.
To me, the biggest threat to C++ isn’t rust, but rather the speed at which the language is changing. It’s already past the tipping point.
In my domain, embedded programming, I’m keeping an eye on zig with fingers crossed.
Not a single interviewee has even had a good guess in 2 years of open job recs.
It really has me reconsidering. I’m a language nerd through and through. I love C++. But I also have to be honest and say there’s such a thing as “the average amount of c++ the team knows”.
To me, the biggest threat to C++ isn’t rust, but rather the speed at which the language is changing. It’s already past the tipping point.
In my domain, embedded programming, I’m keeping an eye on zig with fingers crossed.