People unironically keep posting this article, yet here we are - in 2025 - a full thirteen years later and ZeroMQ remains a C++ application with no C in the mix. So, it seems to be a case where C++ should not work in theory but works in practice.
But you only need another one reason to make c++ a definitive nono (and similar languages with ultra complex syntax, like rust, java, etc): developing a _real life_ c++ compiler alternative (citizen/state-sponsord/small commercial) is abysmal. Yep, that reason alone is enough.
People unironically keep posting this article, yet here we are - in 2025 - a full thirteen years later and ZeroMQ remains a C++ application with no C in the mix. So, it seems to be a case where C++ should not work in theory but works in practice.
Good point.
But you only need another one reason to make c++ a definitive nono (and similar languages with ultra complex syntax, like rust, java, etc): developing a _real life_ c++ compiler alternative (citizen/state-sponsord/small commercial) is abysmal. Yep, that reason alone is enough.