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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why VAX Was the Ultimate CISC and Not RISC
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:37:13 -0000 (UTC)
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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 ...