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The changes to C++ are too little, too late. These changes should have been made years ago, and C++ has lost momentum and credibility. Is anyone comparing Python to c++? nope, only the other way around.

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Too little, too late? There's no zero sum game here. Perhaps you're conflating Internet-popular (which doesn't mean shit) with useful?

Internet popular means libraries on github and good tutorials, means useful.

Are you suggesting C++ lacks available libraries? Because for all of its faults, lack of libraries is not one I've run into.

Many desktop and server applications are still written in C or C++, including the Web browser I'm writing this on. Reports of their deaths are exaggerations.

Unfortunately, many programming tutorials are written by an intermediate for a beginner. This means they can only take you so far. Thankfully, C++ is so old that there are quite a few superb books on both the language (and it's many pitfalls) and applying the strengths to build large scale, maintainable programs.

I'll take that over a tutorial any day.

C++ does not need the credibility. Hey, in what language is your Python compiler written in C/C++. When performance is the criteria C++ will shine. The world runs on C/C++, this comes from a C# developer.

CPython is written in C, not C++. Two very different languages.

>C++ has lost momentum and credibility.

Could you expand on this a bit? I'm not a C++ guy, but I was thinking of picking it up. By what metric do you mean it has "lost credibility?"

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