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Subject: Re: We have a new standard!
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On Sun, 2024-12-29 at 08:50 -0500, Sam wrote:
> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com=C2=A0writes:
>=20
> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:05:37 -0500
> > Phillip <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> gabbled:
> > > I'm still on C++98 and C++03. Everything beyond that is just bloat to=
 me. ;-)
> >=20
> > I would say that C++ 11 did improve things particularly wrt the STL and
> > possibly 2014 was the high point. Beyond that its been as you say point=
less
> > bloat that achieves nothing.
>=20
> I would say that C++17 was also an incremental improvement.
>=20
> But C++20 jumped the shark, when the standardization process was hijacked=
 by=C2=A0=20
> Microsoft in order to cram coroutines into the language, which noone want=
ed,=C2=A0=20
> cared, or asked for, simply because the standard threading model in Windo=
ws=C2=A0=20
> blows chunks, performance wise, and Microsoft desperately needed a=C2=A0=
=20
> multithreading model that did not suck.
>=20
> And things went downhill from that point on=E2=80=A6
>=20

Basically,=C2=A0c++ standard or standardization is political. There are lot=
s of=20
standard committee members' 'old software' to maintain. There is nothing wr=
ong
with that. The wrong thing is regarding it as better new technology, especi=
ally
when libwy is more advanced (idea) than c++standard library by one generati=
on.