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The issue with C++ complexity is that the standard development model is dysfunctional.

They aren’t able to bring concepts like “a file” into the standard because one standards body member maintains a compiler in some baroque ancient environment without the concept of a fs. Too much is forced to implement at the library level instead of in the compiler, and end up feeling half baked for real users (modules, coroutines etc).



Just like any other language under ISO, like Ada, Fortran, COBOL and guess what, C the FOSS beloved language.




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