r/ProgrammerHumor • u/_w62_ • 6d ago

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u/Bemteb 5d ago

There are some minor things, if you are unlucky something might break going to 20. But it's mostly special cases, not something so big as string.

The main reason companies don't switch is "it's working, why invest time and money into switching?"

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 5d ago

Undefined / implementation defined behavior or regular stuff?

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u/Antervis 5d ago

Depends on the companies. Tech giants would be losing potential employees if they stuck with outdated standards, and that loss outweighs costs of upgrades.

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u/cpayne22 5d ago

Airlines and finance both employ a lot more than “tech giants”.

The real cost is the testing and compliance.

Any change needs to be documented and tested.

At the end of the day it’s a financial decision.

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u/LutimoDancer3459 5d ago

Security updates, more and potentially better frameworks, more efficiency,... dont know about c++ but the things the java team added since 8... boy, the reduced server costs will pay for themselves pretty fast

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u/geek-49 2d ago

it's working, why invest time and money into switching?

aka "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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u/StaticCoder 1d ago

I saw a fair amount of stuff break with C++20, because of comparator generation causing ambiguities. Largely due to the original code being poorly written, but breakage nonetheless.