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		j16sdiz on June 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Never trust a programmer who says they know C++ Many newer feature is, indeed, much cleaner. But C++ have so many backward compatibility hacks and old code, it is impossible to "eliminate" the complexities.

yvdriess on June 5, 2023 [–]

Indeed. New versions never break the old. Every new feature has to account for interactions with the rest of the language.

Herb Sutter's https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront could be a good strategy to clean it up.

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