> A bad workman blames his tools, because workmen are reponsible for their tools. A large part of being a good workman is identifying what tools are good and using them.
As I said in the comment to which you are responding, "selecting the correct tool for a job is more important than figuring out which tool is better in some abstract way."
> C++ is a terrible tool for any task where you are not forced to use it
Many game developers, OS developers, and massive hardware-software makers doing embedded programming who use C++ would disagree. What would you say to them?
> If you need fast and efficient code, why on earth would you be doing OOP?
For small projects, I could agree. What would your recommended alternative be for massive codebases in large tech companies that need fast and efficient code?
> For small projects, I could agree. What would your recommended alternative be for massive codebases in large tech companies that need fast and efficient code?
The poster wrote very clearly:
> where you are not forced to use it
If one is forced, there's obviously no option.
The idea is not that C/C++ should be replaced right now, rather, that devs finally understand that C/C++ should not be used where possible.
I actually see this pattern used by some, who defend C/++: "C/++" should be deprecated" - "No, it's impossible to eliminate C/++ today".
Deprecation is not elimination. Linux started introducing it, and Google is doing as well, so it can be done gradually.
As I said in the comment to which you are responding, "selecting the correct tool for a job is more important than figuring out which tool is better in some abstract way."
> C++ is a terrible tool for any task where you are not forced to use it
Many game developers, OS developers, and massive hardware-software makers doing embedded programming who use C++ would disagree. What would you say to them?
> If you need fast and efficient code, why on earth would you be doing OOP?
For small projects, I could agree. What would your recommended alternative be for massive codebases in large tech companies that need fast and efficient code?
P.S. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html about snarky comments. Thanks.