alt Hacker News> C++ is like C with extra features, but you don't need to use them
C++ certainly (literally (Cfront[0])) used to be this, but I thought modern (decade or more) conventional wisdom is to NOT think like this anymore. Curious to hear others weigh in.
> C++ is like C with extra features, but you don't need to use them
C++ certainly (literally (Cfront[0])) used to be this, but I thought modern (decade or more) conventional wisdom is to NOT think like this anymore. Curious to hear others weigh in.
To me, it is not "conventional wisdom", it is what a vocal group of C++ guys who look at Rust and its memory safety and don't want to be left out.
Their way is not wrong, new constructs are indeed safer, more powerful, etc... But if you are only in for the new stuff, why use C++ at all, you are probably better off with Rust or something more modern. The strength of C++ is that it can do everything, including C, there is no "right" way to use it. If you need raw pointers, use raw pointers, if you need the fancy constructs the STL provides, use them, these are all supported features of the language, don't let someone else who may be working in a completely different field tell you that you shouldn't use them.