Comments on: Is C++ still needed?

Of course, there is always

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:57:43 +0200

Of course, there is always C++/CLI now for creating winforms using C++. This is assuming you can run Visual Studio 2005 on your system.

Hi Gerd, thanks for the

Haywire Guy — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:46:00 +0200

Hi Gerd, thanks for the article! While it is not 100% true, there is a lot of value in it. One thing I would not agree is with the performance part, C++ is always faster than Java and C#. This is one of the reasons I abandoned Java many years ago (I like C# for its ease of development). Most probably the slow down in your test cases were due to some external factors not belonging to the C++ language itself (e.g. a slower 3rd party implementation of C++ database library that has not been optimized).

I do agree with other parts of the article like C++ development takes a lot more time than C#/Visual Basic. In my opinion, I don't think C++ will ever die off, it is here to stay. And that's the comforting thing to know because I still need C++ in many areas. Thanks again for sharing your view.

C++ is faster than C# and

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:33:55 +0200

C++ is faster than C# and Java in almost every area.

C# is *NOT* faster for I/O by any stretch of the imagination, I have no idea where you came to such conclusions, but they are very false.

C# is faster for rapid application development.

As always in programming: it

Gerd Riesselmann — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:28:15 +0100

As always in programming: it depends. If you are doing a lot of math, C++ presumingly will be a good choice. But if you are doing a lot of I/O and string operations, C# may outperform C++. If you are doing large scale business applications like I do, the time needed to create instances in memory matters, since that's what the application does 90% of the time.

That's life: Difficult, manifold, and no certainties.

Best wishes for your career in the sorting business, though.

C++ is slow?

Dominik — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:12:13 +0100

C++ is slow?
LOL
This is the worst-lie-shit i ever heard.
You've compared only creating instances times?
Write simple sorting algorithm and test it with theese three languages and you will see that (in speed) C# and Java sux

As long as the debates about

Gerd Riesselmann — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:08:05 +0100

As long as the debates about C++0x are going, I doubt we will see it in 200x. Maybe 2012, or so :-).