.. ot-topic:: cxx11.introduction.history
   :dependencies: c.introduction.installation

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History, Background
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Make C++ Great Again
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**C++ is one of the ugliest languages in the world**

* Have to know C, including historical baggage

  * C preprocessor
  * No module concept
  * Implicit conversions
  * (*Many* more)

* No useful standard library
* Every new revision brings new features to solve old problems

The "New" C++
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* Several years of development (since C++03)
* To be followed by C++14
* To be followed by C++17
* To be followed ...
* Focus

  * Easier usage (sometimes it reads like Python)
  * Performance