Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes...

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 18:36:46 +0200
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 24.08.2024 20:27, Bart wrote:

On 24/08/2024 19:11, Bonita Montero wrote: 

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I guess C++ is used much more often because you're multiple times
more produdtive than with C. And programming in C++ is a magnitude
less error-prone. 

 
C++ incorporates most of C. So someone can write 'C++' code but can
still have most of the same problems as C. 

 
It's true that C++ decided to inherit unsafe C designs as C being
sort of its base. But a sophisticated programmer would knowingly
avoid the unsafe parts and use the existing safer C++ constructs.
Only that a language allows that you *can* write bad code doesn't
mean you cannot avoid the problems. Of course it would have been
(IMO) better if the unsafe parts were replaced or left out, but
there were portability consideration in C++'s design.
 
Janis
 

[...] 

Safe HLLs without mandatory automatic memory management tend to fall
into two categories:
1. Those that already failed to become popular
2. Those for which it will happen soon
That despite at least one language in the 1st category being pretty
well designed, if more than a little over-engineered.