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C++ is the F-35. Much touted. Expensive to maintain. Expensive to get rid of. Doesn't quite live up to the hype. Borland C++ and Visual C++: never the two shall meet. They might as well been entirely different languages.

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>> C++ is the F-35. Much touted. Expensive to maintain. Expensive to get rid of. Doesn't quite live up to the hype.

Quite literally.

The F-35 software is C++ code:

https://www.stroustrup.com/JSF-AV-rules.pdf

Given all software problems that plagued F-35 during all its development, including mid-flight avionics reboots, I don't think Bjarne Stroustroup actually realizes that it isn't a good idea to advertise it.

Name a better plane. The F-35 is a great plane and its export success reflects that.

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