[Cryptography] I don't get it.

[Alfie John]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014, at 07:37 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker
> C++ is utterly ludicrous, it is vastly worse than C in every respect.
> It comes with a large amount of baggage, the code is incomprehensible
> when people actually try to use the botched object system.

Utterly ludicrous? Maybe 90's C++. Take a look at C++11, it's quite
nice and C++14 is shaping up to be even better. It's not your
father's C++.

> Which is why I have been working in C and C# for quite a while. But I
> still really want a language that allows me to make unencumbered
> standalone executable files. One option that might actually be viable
> as a consensus for that specific purpose would be Objective C. It
> adds an object model to C without the nonsense and
> incomprehensibility of C++.

Take a look at Go and Rust. Safety is one of their aims, while still
being
close to the metal.

Alfie

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