On: C++ is a horrible language, says Linus Torvalds

[thomasptacek]

Your third argument is fallacious. C++ is gradually incorporating everything you're talking about into the standard. Stroustrop has openly stated that lack of standardized threads were a mistake: you can't get much more environment-specific, model-specific than that.

[timr → thomasptacek]

Stroustrup was referring to the standard library, and he wasn't advocating the inclusion of threads at all costs.

C++ is still guided by the principle that you don't have to pay for what you don't use. That was the crux of my argument, and it continues to be true.

[thomasptacek → timr]

You haven't refuted Linus. You've explained why the world works the way Linus says it does. But the impact is the same.