Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

The problem of C++ is that it's a bad personal investment since you will need to re-learn the language all the time. Almost every other language respects your time more. Not getting back... ever.


Not just the language, entire toolchain and community are like this. Yesterday I upgraded my Go compiler, everything worked straight away, got free performance improvement on my code. I still shudder when I remember upgrading to a new version of GCC, Clang, MSVC. Took weeks to setup everything and fix newly created bugs. Not getting back... ever.




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: