C++ And Beyond: Discussion
summary
Greatest obstacle is C++'s accumulated backward compatibility: concrete proposals use modules and epoch/dialect techniques to let new syntax map to the same IR, while historical removals like auto_ptr and the GCC C++11 string ABI break show both feasibility and cost. Tooling specifics debated include a standard module suffix (.cppm vs .ixx) and a push for an integrated package/build story inspired by Rust’s Cargo. Practical aids discussed are LLMs for diagnostics and root-cause of crashes, useful but unreliable for safety‑critical systems.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:04Questions
- 8:41Future of C
- 15:12Will C die
- 26:52Counterpoints
- 31:22Breaking Backward Compatibility
- 36:52History of C
- 41:52ISO Model
- 47:07Democracy
- 50:42Package Management
- 56:47Progress
- 58:37Suffix
