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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Help needed |
| Date | 2020-04-04 19:43 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <heqojoFfrroU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <slrnr8eu8f.e3c.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> <slrnr8f5nu.1r7q.grahn+nntp@frailea.sa.invalid> <slrnr8fcd2.eb4.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> <r697tl$rpk$1@dont-email.me> <slrnr8g9oh.esa.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> |
On 04/04/2020 19:20, Ned Latham wrote: > Paavo Helde wrote: >> On 4.04.2020 0:58, Ned Latham wrote: >>> Jorgen Grahn wrote: >>>> Ned Latham wrote: >>>> ... >>>>> C++ has become a moving target and a profligate producer of maintenance >>>>> nightmares. My own projects are okay so far, but I've had to make so >>>>> many fatuous changes that I'm now actively looking for languages to >>>>> port them to. >>>> >>>> Which changes would that be? Between, say a decent version two >>>> decades ago (C++98) and a well-supported one today (C++11)? >>> >>> Exception throwing: once an option, now the default. >>> "namespace": once an option, now a requirement. >> >> Exception throwing and namespaces were both in the first 1998 C++ >> standard. > > As options. No different from now. >> The problem with MSVC++ used to be that it purposefully chose >> to not follow the C++ standard in some places, but this has been mostly >> fixed in recent versions. >> >> What I find seriously objectionable is that the new C++ standards are >> actually *removing* things from the standard like std::auto_ptr and >> throw(), causing maintenance issues for old legacy codebases. > > I don't use std: or throw(). They're both crocks, IMO. So you are bitching about stuff that's been a standard part of the language for almost 23 years? That ship has sailed. -- Ian.
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Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-04 00:15 -0400
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Re: Help needed Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-04-04 18:06 +1300
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 00:35 -0500
Re: Help needed Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-04-04 19:54 +1300
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Re: Help needed Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2020-04-05 16:31 +0100
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Re: Help needed David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-04-04 16:57 +0200
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Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-04 10:44 -0400
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 04:06 -0500
Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-05 11:04 -0400
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 11:31 -0500
Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-05 16:59 -0400
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 21:38 -0500
Re: Help needed "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2020-04-04 13:51 +0200
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 08:33 -0500
Re: Help needed Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-04-05 07:35 +1200
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 04:19 -0500
Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-05 11:27 -0400
Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-04 22:27 -0400
Re: Help needed Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2020-04-04 14:50 +0100
Re: Help needed James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-04-04 10:27 -0400
Re: Help needed Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-04-05 07:37 +1200
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 03:45 -0500
Re: Help needed Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-04-04 09:02 +0300
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 01:20 -0500
Re: Help needed Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2020-04-04 19:43 +1300
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 02:10 -0500
Re: Help needed Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-04-04 01:58 -0700
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 05:04 -0500
Re: Help needed Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-04-04 14:37 +0300
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-04 07:25 -0500
Re: Help needed Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-04-04 17:39 +0300
Re: Help needed Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 04:02 -0500
Re: Help needed Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-03 19:35 +0200
Re: Help needed Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-03 20:01 +0200
Re: Help needed Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-04 16:16 +0200
Re: Help needed Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-04-04 18:58 +0200
Re: Help needed Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2020-04-03 22:01 +0200
Re: Help needed Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2020-04-03 21:05 +0100
Re: Help needed Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2020-04-04 02:10 +0200
Re: Help needed Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-04-04 08:19 +0000
Re: Help needed Gerry Wolff <gerrywolff65@gmail.com> - 2020-04-05 02:56 -0700
Re: Help needed Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-04-04 01:14 +0100
Re: Help needed Gerry Wolff <gerrywolff65@gmail.com> - 2020-04-05 02:49 -0700
Re: Help needed Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2020-04-04 16:30 -0400
Re: Help needed Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2020-04-05 05:58 +0100
Re: Help needed Gerry Wolff <gerrywolff65@gmail.com> - 2020-04-05 03:21 -0700
Re: Help needed Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-04-07 06:33 +0000
Re: Help needed Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-04-07 10:39 +0000
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