The Don’t Use C++ Class

There’s a « don’t use C++ » class of C++ developers, especially in game dev. They ban most of the features of the language, the totality of the STL, and they use it as a glorified version of C... That’s what development in Windows used to be like. No exceptions either (e.g., had to use nothrow new). During development of Windows 8 we started to change that, though, and nowadays most new OS code looks very different. Funny to read this just after that other tweet appeared in my feed ... Please remind me how we are moving forward. In this video, a machine from the year ~2000 (600MHz, 128MB RAM, spinning-rust hard disk) running Windows NT 3.51. Note how incredibly snappy ope...

A screenshot of a Twitter thread discussing developers who use only a tiny subset of C++ features, followed by a joke about the old, restrictive development environment for Windows. The punchline is a video showing Windows NT 3.51 running surprisingly smoothly on extremely outdated hardware, humorously contrasting modern software development with the efficiency of older systems. EN: A screenshot of a Twitter thread discussing developers who use only a tiny subset of C++ features, followed by a joke about the old, restrictive development environment for Windows. The punchline is a video showing Windows NT 3.51 running surprisingly smoothly on extremely outdated hardware, humorously contrasting modern software development with the efficiency of older systems.

• @gentoomemes / 5573 2023-07-31