for the wizards where would be a good place to start for someone who did a python bootcamp but wants to learn C++ and contribute to some of these?
Are We Modules Yet?
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#12Ha, there I was assuming this would be about JavaScript. Good to know we all have struggles.
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#13Is it just me or does it seem like modules are a good idea which is totally dead on arrival? It's been four years, and we've had a whole new edition of c++ standard in the meantime, and Clang and GCC still don't have full support for modules.
The issue is that everyone has their own hopes and dreams for what modules in C++ should and could be, and what ended up being standardized is an unbelievably complicated and overengineered mess. A small number of people worked on standardizing modules, and the proposal is so complicated and obscure I really doubt if most of the people who voted to approve it actually understood what it is they were even voting on.
In the future, things should not get standardized without an actual working implementation of the feature that people can actually use. Even better would be to have multiple similar non-standard features that each compiler can implement, and then the standardization can serve as way for them to converge.
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#143892?
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#15I feel that the site would benefit from a paragraph or two about what C++ Modules are and why devs should use them
Agreed, I’m not a C++ developer and I’ve barely guessed what’s this about
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#16Estimated completion by 3892 is cute, but not surprising really given that only 1/4 compilers and 1/3 stdlibs support these completely. Presumably most projects aren't going to try to migrate until it's more generally available (I haven't looked at them in years, not sure if it's easy or possible to support it for one toolchain but not another).
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#17Would love this in Unreal, but one can dream.
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#18Wonder why it seems like all QT5 are "no help wanted"...
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#193892?
As always I first read the comments and then look at the post. I was really intrigued what could this number mean.
I did not expect it to be the expected year of completion.
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#20As a longtime C++ user, I'd sooner just upgrade to a better system programming language. C++ is a weird mess.
Which one would you recommend? My ideal C++ alternative would be something like Swift but faster.