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Re: “Is C++ Dead?”

From Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: “Is C++ Dead?”
Date 2026-03-18 14:21 -0500
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On 3/18/2026 1:09 PM, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 09.03.2026 um 23:36 schrieb Lynn McGuire:
> 
>> If C++ is too complex for a programmer then the programmer is not
>> a good programmer.
> 
> I'm a good C++ programmer but I admit that C++ is much less readable
> as for example Rust. And both languages server the same purpose. But
> I still like C++.
> 
>> The only exception to that is multiple thread software. That stuff
>> is dadgum complicated. But the multiple thread software is not used
>> very often in my circles.
> 
> Most MT-algoritms are easy (embarassingly parallel).

Spinning off threads is easy.  Deciding which variables to mutex is not. 
  Especially in software hundreds of thousands of lines of of C++ long.

My Windows user interface is well over 500,000 lines of C++ code.

Lynn

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“Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-05 15:19 -0600
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-06 08:14 +0800
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              Re: “Is C++ Dead?” David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-03-08 19:22 +0100
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 14:38 -0700
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        Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 19:09 +0100
          Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 14:21 -0500
            Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 20:53 +0100
              Re: “Is C++ Dead?” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 13:28 -0700
              Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 16:45 -0500
            Re: Re: “Is C++ Dead?” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-18 21:24 +0000
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                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 19:58 -0700
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 00:33 -0500
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 22:50 -0700
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 10:40 +0100
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 12:26 -0700
                Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 10:28 +0100
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      Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-10 13:21 +0000
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      Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-15 13:35 +0000
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          Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-15 17:58 +0000
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