C++ isn't great but so far I haven't seen anything I'd rather use.

bigfishrunning 17 hours ago | parent [-]

I think you need to spend more time with literally any tool -- "Haven't seen anything I'd rather used" reads like "Haven't gotten over the initial learning curve with any other tool"

C++ is sub-optimal for almost any task. For low level stuff plain C or maybe Rust. for higher level Python, Lua, or some Lisp. C++ is a weird in-between language that's impossible to hold correctly.

	▲	m-schuetz 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> For low level stuff plain C The nice thing about C++ is that you can more or less turn it into C, if you want. My C++ code is closer to C than idiomatic, modern C++, but I wouldn't want to miss the nice parts that C++ adds, such as lambda functions and the occasional template for generalization. Pretty much the only thing I'm missing from C are order-independent designated initializers, which became order-dependent in C++, and thus useless. > "Haven't seen anything I'd rather used" reads like "Haven't gotten over the initial learning curve with any other tool" What an odd thing to say. I simply don't like certain design decisions in other languages that I've checked out and tried, and therefore do not see any reason to switch. E.g. I tried Rust, but it's absolutely terrible for quick&dirty prototyping, which is my main job.