Re: Why VAX Was the Ultimate CISC and Not RISC

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:58:11 -0500, BGB wrote:

I still haven't seen any good reason to move to C++.

No disagreement here. ;)

Some people (at the C people): use C++, it has features...

It appears the GNU C compiler itself is written in C++ now.

Others (at the C++ people): Use Rust, it is less of a trash fire.

Google started a project called “Carbon” a little while back, kind of a
C++ done right, with all the accumulated legacy crap removed.

Wonder what happened to it ...