🚀 go-pugleaf

Doug Bell wrote:
...
> Who says C++ is now king of the hill?  I don't have the numbers to back
> this up, but it's my understanding that despite the steady increase in C++
> use, C is still used more widely.  A more correct statement would probably
> be: C++ is now king of the large-and-complex-OS-API hill.
> 
> As for statistics relating to C++'s disputed dominance, I'm sure there
> were many who thought:
> 
> The microprocessor was no threat to mainframes...
> The LP would hold out against CD's...
> Programmers would always prefer command-line interfaces...
> That Wintel would domintate the world...
> 
> (Well, 3 out of 4 ain't bad  :)
> 
> Doug Bell
> dbell@shvn.com

I haven't been following this thread very diligently, but my two cents
says I've been programming in C++ since its earliest conception (or was
it a misconception) and in Java for about 4 months, and I hope never to
write another line of C++.  I've much more productive in Java and I can
honestly say that after only a few months I already know Java better than
I know C++ (which I've even implemented!).

I think the people who are using for C++ for applications will abandon it
in favor of Java, and those who are using it for systems (like I used to
do) will abandon it in favor of C, though I admit the latter prediction
is mostly without logical justification.
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