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Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++

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Re: Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++

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Makes me wonder if I've too strongly tied my career to a specific language. However, right now it's not that I'm specifically a C++ programmer, just that the industry (gamedev) is largely C++. I'm sure in for it if that shifts out from under me before I find stable employment though....

Re: Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++

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post #4

Makes me wonder if I've too strongly tied my career to a specific language. However, right now it's not that I'm specifically a C++ programmer, just that the industry (gamedev) is largely C++. I'm sure in for it if that shifts out from under me before I find stable employment though....

The C++ programmers will just switch to C++ 2.0, aka Rust. It's not a big leap.

Re: Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++

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> I discovered that I not only have OCD but OCPD, a personality disorder. If you’ve ever had a conversation with me where I just couldn’t let something go because it was wrong or incorrect and it bothered me, now you know why.

Sounds like about half of the people on internet fora.

Re: Wrapping Up 2021. Leaving C++

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post #6
post #4

Makes me wonder if I've too strongly tied my career to a specific language. However, right now it's not that I'm specifically a C++ programmer, just that the industry (gamedev) is largely C++. I'm sure in for it if that shifts out from under me before I find stable employment though....

The C++ programmers will just switch to C++ 2.0, aka Rust. It's not a big leap.

Sure we will. Just like we switched to C++ 2.0 aka Java.
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