C++ is probably the only language that needs a strong style guide, to define a s...

tcfhgj · 2026-07-15T01:14:20 1784078060

> C++ is probably the only language that needs a strong style guide,

here you go: https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines

zeroq · 2026-07-15T01:44:08 1784079848

Good Lord.

Reminds me of Good Parts, Bad Parts meme of JS.

bigcityslider · 2026-07-15T01:59:58 1784080798

And it's not because he's cranky or something, he was holding out for something worthy to possibly use instead of C. Turned out to be Rust.

leecommamichael · 2026-07-15T22:09:43 1784153383

> And it's not because he's cranky or something, he was holding out for something worthy to possibly use instead of C.

Good point.

> Turned out to be Rust.

He was evaluating C++ in the 90's, you make it sound like he recently decided to write Rust instead of C. The reality is that Rust is allowed in limited ways into _some parts_ of the kernel codebase. Rust got so much further than C++ ever did, that is true.

pjmlp · 2026-07-15T09:24:56 1784107496

Java, Python, C#, Common Lisp, Perl, also deserve guides.

The home page of that link isn't only for C++.

rjh29 · 2026-07-15T08:34:03 1784104443

Perl is another example. It has a dedicated linter to detect the myriad ways of using it wrong.