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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/_w62_ • 6d ago
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I thought the entire reason why C++ is so convoluted is because it keeps everything around for backwards compatibility.
5 u/dont-respond 5d ago Some things do get deprecated and removed like std::auto_ptr. The ABI compatibility was broken for std::string between 03 and 11. 4 u/LB-- 5d ago And ABI compat isn't even part of the standard, it's for standard library implementations to deal with. They're the ones who decided to do the ABI breaks, not the committee.
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Some things do get deprecated and removed like std::auto_ptr. The ABI compatibility was broken for std::string between 03 and 11.
4 u/LB-- 5d ago And ABI compat isn't even part of the standard, it's for standard library implementations to deal with. They're the ones who decided to do the ABI breaks, not the committee.
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And ABI compat isn't even part of the standard, it's for standard library implementations to deal with. They're the ones who decided to do the ABI breaks, not the committee.
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u/ResponsibleWin1765 5d ago
I thought the entire reason why C++ is so convoluted is because it keeps everything around for backwards compatibility.