If C++ abandoned backward compatibility, then this C+++ would compete with moder...

vbezhenar on March 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: What If C++ Abandoned Backward Compatibility?

If C++ abandoned backward compatibility, then this C+++ would compete with modern languages like D, Rust and it's absolutely not clear what the winner would be. As long as C++ is backwards compatible, it have tremendous advantage of having billions of LoC which don't have to be rewritten.

pjmlp on March 28, 2020 [–]

Like all systems languages, the winner would be those that are sponsored by OS vendors for their platforms.