21st Century C

Date: Feb 10, 2025·Tags: #clang, #good-reading, #insight

My aims for C++ can be summarized as

Direct expression of ideas

Static type safety

Resource safety (aka "no leaks")

Direct access to hardware

Performance (aka efficiency)

Affordable extendibility (aka Zero-overhead abstraction)

Maintainability (aka comprehensible code)

Platform independence (aka portability)

Stability (aka compatibility)

-- Bjarne Stroustrup, 21st Century C++

C++ was designed to evolve. When I started, not only didn’t I have the resources to design and implement my ideal language, but I also understood that I needed the feedback from use to turn my ideals into practical reality.

-- Bjarne Stroustrup, 21st Century C++

Legends Never Die.

21st Century C++ – Communications of the ACM: Presenting the key contemporary C++ mechanism designed to maintain compatibility over decades.