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CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++”

CppCon · 175.4K views · 2016-09-24 · 1:36:27

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Dan Saks's CppCon 2016 talk on why C programmers resist C++ and how to talk to them about it. He argues that persuasion rarely works by arguing and examines the culture gap between the two communities.

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Recommended in C versus C++ and embedded threads as the expert view on adoption and persuasion.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2025

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drummer · 2020-05 · Strong recommendation

The mentioned cppcon presentation by Dan Saks is awesome. Highly recommend watching even if you are not interested in C or C++ : [VIDEO]

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pjmlp · 2018-03 · Recommendation

So, I will let one of the renowned experts speak instead. CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++” [VIDEO] Embedded Development with Dan Saks [LINK] Regarding Java vs C++, yes the enterprise world has adopted Java, however as someone doing consulting across Java, .NET and C++, I am really seeing it coming back since ANSI C++ has picked up steam again. I see it in projects related to IoT, AI, VR, big data,.... They are all polyglot projects with C++ plus something else, not C plus something else.

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pjmlp · 2018-02 · Recommendation

I mean the embedded systems where Assembly and C89 still rule, and there is very hard to change, because the problem of adopting anything else is cultural. Basically, while there are projects being done in C++, and many companies are finally migrating from C to C++, the large majority is sticking with C. If you prefer to listen to someone actually relevant in the C++ embedded community, here is what Dan Saks has to say about it. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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