Ok. Please, just use your current C++ standard. But we will go to use the new one with all features we want to use.
Who’s “we”? The C++ developers that like the “Safe C++” proposal which is tacking Rust on top of C++ are a tiny minority.
It seems very fair to tell them to just use Rust and leave C++ alone.
Indeed, that is exactly what many FAANG companies are doing, have you noticed the slow down in velocity in major compilers regarding ISO C++ compliance?
See Apple’s slowdown on clang development and subsequent advances in Swift<->C++ interop (even going as far as merging Swift code into FoundationDB)
And ofc Google’s investment in Carbon
Or MSVC slow pace with C++23, after being the first to reach full C++20 support.
Everyone else outside the big three, is somewhere between C++14 and C++17.
obviosly.. we is
> Relatively modern, capable tech corporations that understand that their code is an asset. (This isn’t strictly big tech. Any sane greenfield C++ startup will also fall into this category.)
and @bagxrvxpepzn is ofc
> Every ancient corporation where people are still fighting over how to indent their code, and some young engineer is begging management to allow him to set up a linter.
:)