History, Background

Make C++ Great Again

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++

• 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